Bennett H S
Institute for Materials Research, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234.
J Res Natl Bur Stand A Phys Chem. 1975 Sep-Oct;79A(5):641-650. doi: 10.6028/jres.079A.025.
Two devices are proposed for measuring absorption coefficients in weakly absorbing materials. The first device measures cylindrical samples and the second device measures flat plate or disk samples. This paper reports on the derivations for the steady-state and transient solutions to the heat diffusion equations which describe the barothermal behavior of the two proposed devices. In addition, Green's function techniques are used to describe the cyclic heating and cooling of the cylinders and plates.