PUMP-PROBE THERMOREFLECTANCE

Annual Review of Heat Transfer

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-181

  Schmidt, Aaron J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGHT SOURCES; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PUMPS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THIN FILMS;

BULK MATERIALS; CROSS PLANES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROSCALE AND NANOSCALE; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; PROPORTIONAL CHANGE; PUMP-PROBE THERMOREFLECTANCE; SAMPLE SURFACE; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TIME-DEPENDENT HEAT FLUX;

PROBES;

EID: 84935059061     PISSN: 10490787     EISSN: 23750294     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.v16.60     Document Type: Chapter

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