Review of Scientific Instruments · 1969 · 21 citations · 9 references
EngineeringMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceHeat TransferThermal AnalysisThermodynamicsHeat ConductionHeat Transfer FundamentalsHeat Transfer In SolidsInsulation MaterialsThermal InsulationThermal Properties Of MaterialsLow-temperature Thermal MaterialsLow-temperature Thermal PropertiesTemperature DependenceTemperature Dependence Of Thermal ConductivityThermal ConductivityThermal Conductivity MeasurementsThermal GreasesThermal Insulation Performance
The temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of silicone vacuum grease, Cry-Con grease (a copper loaded electrically insulating grease), and Eccotherm TC-4 (a specially formulated paste based on silicones and fillers) has been measured at liquid helium temperatures. It is concluded that the (thermal) greases examined have thermal conductivities in bulk corresponding approximately to those of thermal insulators. The successful use of thermal bonding greases to effect heat transfer at liquid helium temperatures and below requires very thin layers of the greases, in order to avoid the deleterious effect of their poor thermal conductivity in bulk.
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A. C. Anderson, G. L. Salinger, J. C. Wheatley · Review of Scientific Instruments · 1961 · 59 citations
M. Suomi, A. C. Anderson, B Holmström · Physica · 1968 · 59 citations