Thermal Conductivity 18

The International Thermal Conductivity Conference was started in 1961 with the initiative of Mr. Charles F. Lucks, who passed away on 8 July 1982 and to the memory of whom this volume is dedicated. These Conferences on thermal conductivity grew out of the needs of researchers in the field. The Conferences were held annu­ ally from 1961 to 1973 and have been held biennially since 1975 when our Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) of Purdue University became the Permanent Sponsor of the Conferences. These Conferences provide a broadly based forum for researchers actively working on the thermal conduc­ tivity and closely related properties to convene on a regular basis to exchange their ideas and experiences and report their findings and results. The Conferences have been self-perpetuating and are an example of how a technical community with a common purpose can transcend the invisible, artificial barriers between disciplines and gather together in increasing numbers without the need of national pub­ licity and continuing funding support, when they see something worthwhile going on. It is believed that this series of Conferences not only will grow stronger, but will set an example for research­ ers in other fields on how to jointly attack their own problem areas.

Session A Keynote Address.- Metastable Liquids and the Nature of the Glass Transition.- Session B Invited Paper.- Solid Helium: A Review.- Session C Theory and Modeling.- A Problem of the Heat Conduction Equation with a Moving Boundary in Three-Dimensional Space, E3.- On the Effective Thermal Diffusivity of Macroscopic Heterogeneous Two Phase Materials.- The Use of Numerical Heat Transfer Techniques to Analyze Thermal Comparator Conductivity Measurements.- A Numerical Method for Solving the Inverse Problem of Heat Transfer and Its Application to Determination of the Thermal Conductivity.- Session D Liquids and Gases.- Towards Reference Standards for the Thermal Conductivity of Liquids.- Organic Liquid Mixtures: Measurement and Estimation at Different Temperatures.- Thermal Conductivity of Methane and Ethane.- Session E Salts, Oxides, and Binary Compounds.- Thermal Diffusivity Measurement of Molten Fluoride Salt Containing ThF4 (Improvement of the Simple Ceramic Cell).- The Thermal Conductivity and Expansion Enhancement Associated with Formation of the Superionic State in SrC12.- The Thermal Conductivities of SrC12 and SrF2 from 85 to 400 K T.- Thermal Conductivity of Tellurium Dioxide Single Crystals.- Correlation Between the Structural Parameters and the Thermal Conductivity of Chalcopyrite-Type Ternary Compounds.- Thermal Conductivity Behavior of Boron Carbides.- Session F Data Acquisition Systems.- The TEMP Microcomputer as an Instrument Controller and Data Logger.- A Data Acquisition System for Low Level Signals.- Session G Metals and Alloys.- Thermoelectric Power of Selected Binary Alloy Systems Part II — Copper-Palladium, Gold-Palladium and Silver-Palladium.- Transport Properties of Polycrystalline Ni3A1.- Thermal Conductivity of Selected Stainless Steels.- Thermal Conductance Measurements of Pressed OFHC Copper Contacts at Liquid Helium Temperatures.- Session H Miscellaneous Materials.- Thermophysical Properties of Propellants.- Thermal Conductivity of Mixtures.- Phonon Conduction in Hexagonal Crystals Exhibiting Extreme Elastic Anisotrophy.- Session J Measurement Apparatus.- A Guarded Hot Plate Apparatus for Effective Thermal Conductivity of Insulations at 80-360 K.- An Automated Thermal Conductivity Probe and Applications to Powders.- Analysis of Uncertainties in Calibration of a Heat Flow Meter Apparatus.- A New Transient Hot Wire Thermal Conductivity Instrument for Use with Both Step Power and Ramp Power Forcing.- A Thermal Properties Measuring System for Geologic Materials.- Session L Invited Papers.- Lattice Thermal Conductivity at Normal and High Temperatures.- Theory of the Thermal Conductivity of Amorphous Solids.- Session M Insulations.- The Thermal Transmission Properties of High Temperature Thermal Insulation Materials.- Status of Thermal Conductivity Standard Reference Materials at the National Bureau of Standards.- Apparent Thermal Conductivity Measurements by an Unguarded Technique.- Calibration of Heat Flow Meter Apparatus Used for Quality Control of Low-Density Mineral Fiber Insulations.- Insulations with Low Thermal Conductivity.- Thermal Diffusivity of Heterogeneous Materials and Non-Fibrous Insulators.- Session N Insulations.- Optical Properties and Radiative Heat Transport in Polyester Fiber Insulation.- Spectral Transmission and Reflection Properties of High Temperature Insulation Materials and Their Relation To Radiative Heat Flow.- Temperature-Dependent Extinction Coefficients and Solid Thermal Conductivities of Glass Fiber Insulations.- Thermal Behaviour of Insulating Building Mortars: Experimental Apparatus, Carbonatation and Ageing.- Thermal Conductivity of a Polyimide Foam.- Session P Invited Paper.- Thermal Diffusivity Measurements of Thermal Barrier Coatings and Carbon Fibre/Carbon Composites.- Session Q Ceramics.- Thermal Diffusivity of Cemented Carbides.- The High-Temperature Ex-Reactor Thermal Conductivity of Thoria and Thoria-Urania.- Role of Porosity in the Effect of Microcracking on the Thermal Conductivity of Brittle Ceramic Composites.- Radiative Contribution to the Thermal Diffusivity and Conductivity of a Silicon Carbide Fiber Reinforced Glass-Ceramic.- Session R Pulse Measurement Techniques.- Measurement of Thermal Conductivity from High Temperature Pulse Diffusivity and Calorimetry Measurements.- Sensitivity and Accuracy Analysis of Pulse Diffusivity Measurements on Layered Samples.- Heat Pulse Thermal Diffusivity Measurements-Thermal Properties Temperature Dependence and Non-Uniformity of the Pulse Heating.- Thermal Properties of Surface Layers Using Pulse Transient Hot Strip Measurements.- Surface Temperature Measurements with Intrinsic Contacting Thermocouples — Steady Errors and Transient Effects — Analytical and Experimental Study.- Preliminary Study of the Thermal Diffusivity of Source Sprayed Materials by the Flash Laser Method.- Session S Invited Paper.- Thermal Conduction in Composites.- Session T Theory and Numerical Analysis.- Mathematical Models for Effective Thermal Conductivity.- Finite Element Analysis of Unguarded Hot-Plate Thermal Conductivity Apparatuses.- Session U Composites.- Thermal Diffusivity in Situ Measurements of Carbon/Carbon Composite Reinforcements.- On the Interpretation of Off-Axis Thermal Diffusivity Data for Coarse-Weave Composites.- On the Influence of Irradiation on Thermal Conductivity of Polyethylene.- An Investigation of Thermal Contact Resistance in Thermal Conductivity Measurements of a Thin Nylon Sample.- Session V Geological Materials.- Heat Transport in Geologic Media: What We Can Learn in the Laboratory.- Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity Measurements of Salt Rocks by Different Methods.- Thermal Conductivity Measurements in Relation to the Geothermal Exploration of the Gorleben Salt Dome.- Thermal Conductivity of Permian Basin Bedded Salt at Elevated Pressure.- Effective Thermal Diffusivity of Powdered Coal.- Session Y Poster Session.- An Apparatus to Measure Thermophysical Properties of Heavy Crudes.- The Thermal Diffusivity/Conductivity of 316 Stainless Steel Powders in Air and Nitric Acid Mixtures at Room Temperature.- Thermal Diffusivity and Thermal Conductivity of Some Solid Metals at the Melting Point.- Error Analysis and Equations for the Thermal Conductivity of Composites.- Transient Line-Source Apparatus for Thermal Conductivity Determination of Fluids at 295-600K and 1–700 Bars.- Thermal Conductivity and Contact Conductance of Explosafe.- Author Index.