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By Yaakov Kraftmakher

"Modulation Calorimetry" reports modulation options for measuring particular warmth, thermal expansivity, temperature spinoff of resistance, thermopower, and spectral absorptance. as a result of the periodic nature of the temperature oscillations, excessive sensitivity and perfect temperature answer are unusual to these kind of tools. The monograph offers some of the tools of the modulation and of measuring the temperature oscillations. very important functions of the modulation options for learning actual phenomena in solids and drinks are thought of extensive (equilibrium aspect defects, section transitions, superconductors, liquid crystals, organic fabrics, leisure phenomena in particular warmth, etc).

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The thermocouple wires held rigidly the sample . The sample assembly is glued onto the heat sink with GE varnish . A lockin amplifier measures the AC signal from the thermocouple. The authors pointed out that the calorimeter is not usable for scanning over wide temperature ranges, but only a temperature region around a phase transition. modulated light light guide platinum thermometer I I copper heat sink heater contact block nylon spacer sample thermocouples brass can Fig. 6. Simplified diagram of calorimeter cell with a light guide described by Garfield et al.

Modulated light I I I ... ... ... absorbing layer sample signal pyroelectric transducer Fig. 10. Calorimeter cell with pyroelectric sensor in the back detection configuration. A thin-film pyroelectric transducer senses temperature oscillations in a sample subjected to modulated-light heating (Marinelliet al. 1992) Marinelli et al. (1994a) used the front detection photopyroelectric configuration to study the non-linear heat transport processes in the vicinity of the smectic-Anematic phase transition of 9CB liquid crystal (Fig .

The power dissipated in the sample equals IV, where I is the electron-beam current, and V is the accelerating voltage. A thermocouple can be either welded to the sample or placed into a thin-wall insulating capillary passing through the sample. Welding ensures better thermal coupling, but a part of the anode current may branch off into the thermocouple circuit. The second method requires longer modulation periods. , thermocouple cathode DC source Fig. 7. Electron-bombardment heating (Varchenko et al.

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