Absolute Steady-State Thermal Conductivity Measurements by Use of a Transient Hot-Wire System

Published

March 1, 2000

Author(s)

H M. Roder, Richard A. Perkins, Arno D. Laesecke, Carlos A. Nieto de Castro

Abstract

A transient hot-wire apparatus was used to measure the thermal conductivity of argon with both steady-state and transient methods. The effects of wire diameter, eccentricity of the wire in the cavity, axial conduction, and natural convection were accounted for in the analysis of the steady-state measurements. Based on measurements on argon, the relative uncertainty at the 95% level of confidence of the new steady-state measurements is 2% at low densities. Using the same hot wires, the relative uncertainty of the transient measurements is 1% at the 95% level of confidence. This is the first report of thermal conductivity measurements made by two different methods in the same apparatus. The steady-state method is shown to complement normal transient measurements made by two different methods in the same apparatus. The steady-state method is shown to complement normal transient measurements at low densities, particularly for fluids where the thermophysical properties at low densities are not known with high accuracy.

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Journal of Research (NIST JRES) -

Volume

105 No. 2

NIST Pub Series

Journal of Research (NIST JRES)

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NIST Pubs

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Keywords

argon, convection, dilute gas, hot wire instrument, steady state, thermal conductivity, transient

Citation

Roder, H. , Perkins, R. , Laesecke, A. and Nieto de Castro, C. (2000), Absolute Steady-State Thermal Conductivity Measurements by Use of a Transient Hot-Wire System, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=831639 (Accessed October 11, 2025)