Abstract:
An apparatus was designed to routinely measure the thermal conductivity variation with
temperature for solid materials. The apparatus was calibrated by measuring the thermal
conductivity variations with temperature for aluminum, zinc, tin and indium metals. The
variations of thermal conductivity with temperature for the Zn-[x] wt.% Sb alloys (x = 10,
20, 30 and 40) were then measured by using the linear heat flow apparatus designed in
present work. From experimental results it can be concluded that the linear heat flow
apparatus can be used to measure thermal conductivity variation with temperature for
multi component metallic alloys as well as pure metallic materials and for any kind of
alloys. Variations of electrical conductivity with temperature for the Zn-[x] wt.% Sb alloys
were determined from the Wiedemann–Franz (W–F) equation by using the measured val ues of thermal conductivity. Dependencies of the thermal and electrical conductivities on
composition of Sb in the Zn–Sb alloys were also investigated. According to present exper imental results, the thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity for the Zn-[x] wt.% Sb
alloys decrease with increasing the temperature and the composition of Sb