A simple theoretical extension to the analysis of photothermal deflection signal for low thermal diffusivity evaluation

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-202

  Ravi, Jyotsna ^a   Lekshmi, S ^a   Nair, K P R ^a   Rasheed, T M A ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Amplitude method; Beam deflection; Low thermal diffusivity; Mirage; Phase method; Photothermal

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHOTOREACTIVITY;

PHOTOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES;

THERMAL DIFFUSION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0242369112     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00351-5     Document Type: Article

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