Low temperature thermal conductivity of PVC
Year: 2006
Authors: Risegari L., Barucci M., Olivieri E., Ventura G.
Autors Affiliation: Section of Florence, INFN, Florence, Italy; Department of Mechanics, INFN, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of Physics, INFN, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Abstract: At very low temperatures, the tunnelling theory for amorphous solids predicts a thermal conductivity ? ? Tm, with m = 2. However, most of the data in the literature in the temperature range 0.1-1 K report an m < 2. We want to show that this discrepancy often disappears for T? 0 K. Here we report the case of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) whose thermal conductivity is known in the 0.2-100 K temperature range. A new technique is described which makes the measurement of the exponent m of the thermal conductivity independent of the spurious thermal power. Such technique is particularly useful for measurements of ? when working with a low power refrigerator. We carried out measurements down to 50 mK, obtaining a thermal conductivity ? = (1.8 ± 0.1) × 10-4T(2.05±0.05) W/cm K for our PVC sample below 120 mK. Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Volume: 144 (1-3) Pages from: 49 to: 59
KeyWords: Amorphous materials; Low temperature effects; Refrigerators; Thermal conductivity, Spurious thermal power; Tunneling theory, Polyvinyl chloridesDOI: 10.1007/s10909-006-9222-8ImpactFactor: 0.978Citations: 4data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-11-10References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here
