Patent ID: 11927556
Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of assessing an average thermal conductivity of a viscoelastic material in a steady state using a conduction method, the method comprising:
i) allowing a sample of the viscoelastic material to reach thermal equilibrium in a liquid at a first temperature;
ii) assessing a heat flow of the sample at the first temperature;
iii) repeating i) and ii) at one or more additional temperatures; and
iv) assessing the average thermal conductivity of the viscoelastic material based on the heat flow of the sample at the first temperature and the one or more additional temperatures, a cross-sectional area of the sample, and a temperature-thickness gradient of the sample at thermal equilibrium at the first temperature and the one or more additional temperatures, respectively.