The specific heat and thermal conductivity of Eccosorb CR-124 between 800 mK and 6 K

Patrick Wikus; Kevin A. McCarthy; Scott A. Hertel; Yelena S. Bagdasarova; Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano; Steven W. Leman; John M. Rutherford; Sarah N. Trowbridge; Scott W. Vasquez

doi:10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.06.002

The specific heat and thermal conductivity of Eccosorb CR-124 between 800 mK and 6 K

Patrick Wikus^*, Kevin A. McCarthy, Scott A. Hertel, Yelena S. Bagdasarova, Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano, Steven W. Leman, John M. Rutherford, Sarah N. Trowbridge, Scott W. Vasquez

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Eccosorb CR-124 is a castable iron-loaded epoxy resin with excellent absorption properties for electromagnetic waves in the GHz range. It is commonly used in low temperature instruments to absorb thermal radiation. The specific heat c (T) of Eccosorb CR-124 was measured between 800 mK and 6 K with the heat pulse method. The results were fitted to the function c (T) = (0.132 ± 0.003) · T + (0.0053 ± 0.0003) · T³ J kg^{- 1} K^{- 1}, with T being the temperature in Kelvin. In addition, the thermal diffusivity D (T) of Eccosorb CR-124 was determined. At a temperature of 2.3 K, a peak is observed in D (T). Consequently, the thermal conductivity λ (T) of Eccosorb CR-124 features two distinct regimes. Below 2.3 K, it fits the function λ (T < 2.3 K) = (0.0038 ± 0.0003) · T^{2 ± 0.1} W m^{- 1} K^{- 1}. Above 2.3 K, it fits the function λ (T > 2.3 K) = (0.0057 ± 0.0004) · T^{1.4 ± 0.04} W m^{- 1} K^{- 1}.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	421-424
Number of pages	4
Journal	Cryogenics
Volume	49
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.06.002
State	Published - Aug 2009

Keywords

A. Epoxy
C. Heat capacity
C. Thermal conductivity
F. RF applications

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Physics and Astronomy(all)

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In: Cryogenics, Vol. 49, No. 8, 08.2009, p. 421-424.

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