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Present By : Vaibhavi Songadkar
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ANALYSIS

Thermal conductivity is measured

with a sensor that employs four
matched filaments that change
resistance according to the thermal
conductivity of the gas passing over it.
 These four filaments are connected in
a Wheatstone Bridge configuration as
shown below in Figure
 Hot Wire Thermal Conductivity Cell
The hot wire method is a standard transient
dynamic technique based on the measurement
of the temperature rise in a defined distance
from a linear heat source (hot wire) embedded in
the test material. If the heat source is assumed
to have a constant and uniform output along the
length of test sample, the thermal conductivity
can be derived directly from the resulting change
in the temperature over a known time interval
 The hot wire temperature rise reaches
usually up to 10ºC and its time evolution has
typically the form as shown in the Figure
 The hot wire method can be applied in
several experimental modifications. In
the standard cross technique the wire cross
is embedded in ground grooves between two
equally sized specimens. The cross consists of
a heating wire and the legs of a thermocouple,
which acts as the temperature sensor. The hot
spot of the thermocouple is in direct contact
with the heating wire.
 In the resistance technique the heating wire
acts also as the temperature sensor. Here the
temperature is measured by the change in
resistance caused by the heating-up of the hot
wire. In the measurement of electrically
conducting materials the heating wire and
thermocouple wires, or potential leads, are
insulated from the sample.
 List Different Techniques Filling GAS Into
Thermal Conductivity Cell
Many applications would benefit from the use of polymers
with enhanced thermal conductivity. For example, when used
as heat sinks in electric or electronic systems, composites with
a thermal conductivity approximately from 1 to 30 W/m K are
required (King et al., 1999). The thermal conductivity of
polymers has been traditionally enhanced by the addition of
thermally conductive fillers, including graphite, carbon black,
carbon fibers, ceramic or metal particles
 List Different Techniques Filling GAS Into
Thermal Conductivity Cell

1. Carbon-based fillers
2. Metallic fillers
3. Ceramic fillers
4. Nanocomposites using inorganic fillers
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