Thermal diffusivity measurement of SnO2-CuO ceramic at room temperature
Thermal diffusivity is a measure of rapidity of heat propagation through a material. The property is important in the understanding of gas sensor performance. Photoflash technique was used to determine thermal diffusivity of SnO2-based materials with varying amount of CuO ranging from 10 to 50 mol%,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
2008
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40529/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40529/1/59.%20Thermal%20Diffusivity%20Measurement%20of%20SnO2-CuO.pdf |
| Summary: | Thermal diffusivity is a measure of rapidity of heat propagation through a material. The property is important in the understanding of gas sensor performance. Photoflash technique was used to determine thermal diffusivity of SnO2-based materials with varying amount of CuO ranging from 10 to 50 mol%, at room temperature. The samples were made disc-shaped, 10 mm in diameter with thickness ranging from 2.4 to 2.8 mm. We found that the thermal diffusivity values of SnO2-CuO samples ranging from 6.21 to 7.51×10-2 cm2z-1 were better than the reported thermal diffusivity value of pure SnO2 sample (1.45×10-2 cm2Z-1). The thermal diffusivity behaviour was supported by results from XRD and SEM. |
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