Temperature and Baric Patterns of Changes in the Thermal Conductivity of Composite Materials

Abstract

Experimental results are presented on the effective thermal conductivity of rocks (sandstone and granite) and polycrystalline arsenic chalcogenides. Measurements are made using an absolute steady-state approach in the temperature range of 273–523 K and at hydrostatic pressures of up to 400 MPa. A power-law temperature dependence of thermal conductivity with a negative exponent is specific to the investigated samples at a fixed pressure. A description of this dependence is proposed. The values used in the equation are calculated from the experimental data.