Patent ID: 9140612
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G01K,G01N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for measuring a Seebeck coefficient of a sample, comprising: a first heater assembly having a first bore therethrough exiting at a first substantially perpendicular surface for contacting and producing a first isothermal sample surface; a first thermocouple having a first axis of a first slender geometry where temperature and voltage are sensed at an end of the first axis, the first thermocouple disposed in the first bore of the first heater assembly to contact the first isothermal sample surface; a second heater assembly having a second bore therethrough exiting at a second substantially perpendicular surface for contacting and producing a second isothermal sample surface on a sample side opposite the first isothermal sample surface; and a second thermocouple having a second axis of a second slender geometry where temperature and voltage are sensed at an end of the second axis, the second thermocouple disposed in the second bore of the second heater assembly to contact the second isothermal sample surface.