Recommended values for the thermal conductivity of aluminium of different purities in the cryogenic to room temperature range, and a comparison with copper

Cryogenics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 626-636

  Woodcraft, Adam L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity (C); Metals (A); Thermal conductivity (C)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; EXTRAPOLATION; METAL ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURE; PURITIES; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE; THERMAL LINKS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 27644461442     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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