Modulation Calorimetry
Subtitle: Theory and Applications
By: by Yaakov Kraftmakher
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9783642059223; 9783662088142
Subjects: Physical organic chemistry; Engineering; Physics; Surfaces (Physics)
Description: "Modulation Calorimetry" reviews modulation techniques for measuring specific heat, thermal expansivity, temperature derivative of resistance, thermopower, and spectral absorptance. Owing to the periodic nature of the temperature oscillations, high sensitivity and excellent temperature resolution are peculiar to all these methods. The monograph presents the various methods of the modulation and of measuring the temperature oscillations. Important applications of the modulation techniques for studying physical phenomena in solids and liquids are considered in depth (equilibrium point defects, phase transitions, superconductors, liquid crystals, biological materials, relaxation phenomena in specific heat, etc).
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theory of Modulation Calorimetry; title: Modulation of Heating Power; title: Measurement of Temperature Oscillations; title: Brief Review of Methods of Calorimetry; title: Modulation Calorimetry I; title: Modulation Calorimetry II; title: Modulation Dilatometry; title: Other Modulation Techniques; title: Noise Thermometry of Wire Samples; title: Electronics for Modulation Measurements; title: Accuracy of Modulation Measurements; title: Studies at High Temperatures; title: Phase Transitions; title: Relaxation Phenomena; title: Five Student Experiments; title: Conclusion.