Measurement of thermal conductivity of polymers using an improved Lee's Disc apparatus

Polymer Testing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-223

  Sombatsompop, N ^a,b   Wood, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GLASS TRANSITION; HEAT LOSSES; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LEE'S DISC APPARATUS;

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 0031162499     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(96)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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