Publication Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
Publisher Location
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Conference Name
43rd Annual Symposium on Refractories
Conference Location
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Conference Sponsor
American Ceramic Society, St Louis Section and Refractory Ceramics Division
Conference Date
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Abstract
A method has been developed to utilize the High Intensity Infrared lamp located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the measurement of thermal conductivity of bulk refractory materials at elevated temperatures. Current evaluation of thermal conductivity of refractory materials at elevated temperatures is limited to small sample sizes (laser flash) or antiquated methods (hot wire, guarded hot plate) which have their own inherent problems. A new method, based on the theory of the laser flash method, but capable of measuring samples on the order of 200 x 250 x 50 mm has been developed. Additionally, preliminary results have been achieved and testing is being performed to validate the method.
