Method for determination of thermal properties by arbitrary heating

Claim 1

A method for the simultaneous determination of thermal properties by arbitrary heating, which method comprises: placing a given sample in intimate contact with a standard sample; applying a flow of heat to the two samples in a direction perpendicular to a surface of contact between the two samples by use of a heat source disposed outside the two samples; measuring temperature responses in the surface of contact of said two samples, said measurements further being made at least at one point within the standard sample and at most at two points within the given sample; transmitting the measured temperature responses through an A/D convertor to a Laplace integrator to obtain Laplace integrals of the temperature responses; and transmitting the Laplace integrals to an operator; whereby the thermal properties such as thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and thermal capacity are determined simultaneously.

Claim 2

A method for the simultaneous determination of thermal properties by arbitrary heating, which method comprises: placing a given sample in intimate contact with a standard sample; applying a flow of heat to the two samples in a direction perpendicular to a surface of contact between the two samples by use of a heat source disposed outside the two samples; measuring temperature responses in the surface of contact of said two samples, said measurements further being made at least at one point within the standard sample and at most at two points within the given sample; transmitting the measured temperature responses through an A/D convertor to a Laplace integrator to obtain Laplace integrals of the temperature responses; and transmitting the Laplace integrals to an operator; whereby the thermal properties such as thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and thermal capacity are determined simultaneously.

Claim 7

A method for the simultaneous determination of thermal properties by arbitrary heating, which method comprises: placing a given sample in intimate contact with a standard sample; applying a flow of heat to the two samples in a direction perpendicular to a surface of contact between the two samples by use of a heat source disposed outside the two samples; measuring temperature responses in the surface of contact of said two samples, said measurements further being made at one point within one of the standard sample and a surface of the standard sample, said surface of the standard sample being opposite the surface of contact of said two samples, said measurements being further made at most at two points within one of the given sample and a surface of the given sample, said surface of the given sample being opposite to the surface of contact of said two samples; transmitting the measured temperature responses through an A/D convertor to a Laplace integrator to obtain Laplace integrals of the temperature responses; and transmitting the Laplace integrals to an operator; whereby the thermal properties such as thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and thermal capacity are determined simultaneously.

Claim 8

A method for the simultaneous determination of thermal properties by arbitrary heating, which method comprises: placing a given sample in intimate contact with a standard sample; applying a flow of heat to the two samples in a direction perpendicular to a surface of contact between the two samples by use of a heat source disposed outside the two samples; measuring temperature responses in the surface of contact of said two samples, said measurements further being made at one point within one of the standard sample and a surface of the standard sample, said surface of the standard sample being opposite the surface of contact of said two samples, said measurements being further made at most at two points within one of the given sample and a surface of the given sample, said surface of the given sample being opposite to the surface of contact of said two samples; transmitting the measured temperature responses through an A/D convertor to a Laplace integrator to obtain Laplace integrals of the temperature responses; and transmitting the Laplace integrals to an operator; whereby the thermal properties such as thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and thermal capacity are determined simultaneously.

Claim 13

A method for the simultaneous determination of thermal properties by arbitrary heating, which method comprises: placing a given sample having two exterior surfaces between two standard samples so that both exterior surfaces of the given sample come into intimate contact with the respectively inner surfaces of the standard samples; applying a flow of heat to the three samples in a direction perpendicular to the surfaces of contact between the given sample and the standard samples by use of a heat source disposed outside the three samples; measuring temperature responses at two points in the surfaces of contact of the three samples, one of said two points being located in each of said surfaces of contact, said measurements being further made at two additional points, each one of said two additional points being located within one of said two standard samples and surfaces of said two standard samples opposite to said surfaces of contact of said two standard samples and said given sample; transmitting the measured temperature responses through an A/D convertor to a Laplace integrator to obtain Laplace integrals of the temperature responses; and transmitting the Laplace integrals to an operator; whereby the thermal properties such as thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and thermal capacity are determined simultaneously.

Claim 14

A method for the simultaneous determination of thermal properties by arbitrary heating, which method comprises: placing a given sample having two exterior surfaces between two standard samples so that both exterior surfaces of the given sample come into intimate contact with the respectively inner surfaces of the standard samples; applying a flow of heat to the three samples in a direction perpendicular to the surfaces of contact between the given sample and the standard samples by use of a heat source disposed outside the three samples; measuring temperature responses at two points in the surfaces of contact of the three samples, one of said two points being located in each of said surfaces of contact, said measurements being further made at two additional points, each one of said two additional points being located within one of said two standard samples and surfaces of said two standard samples opposite to said surfaces of contact of said two standard samples and said given sample; transmitting the measured temperature responses through an A/D convertor to a Laplace integrator to obtain Laplace integrals of the temperature responses; and transmitting the Laplace integrals to an operator; whereby the thermal properties such as thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and thermal capacity are determined simultaneously.