Experimental Investigations on the thermal conductivity of silica aerogels by a guarded thin-film-heater method

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Spagnol, Sandra ^a   Lartigue, Bérangère ^a   Trombe, Alain ^a   Despetis, Florence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Guarded hot plate; Nanoporous media; Silica aerogel; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; GRAIN SIZE; HOT PLATES; INSULATING PERFORMANCE; NANO-POROUS MEDIA; SILICA AEROGEL; SILICA AEROGELS; THERMAL TRANSPORT;

AEROGELS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUILDING MATERIALS; OXIDES; SILICA; SILICA GEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 77955251715     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3089547     Document Type: Article

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