1. Date of download: 11/2/2017
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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Chip resistor and the upper and lower heat meter bars positioned on a water-cooled heat sink

2. Date of download: 11/2/2017
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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
comsol simulation of the heat flow through the heat meter bars with an interfacial resistance of 1 × 10 −6 m2 K/W including convective heat loss where h = 10 W/m2K

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Isotherm and heat flux contours for the comsol simulation demonstrate that the heat flow is one-dimensional through the interface

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Surface temperature near the interface (X = 0) based on the comsol simulation

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Linear temperature profile across the comsol simulated interface shown for the centerline of the face, the outer corner, and averaged across the Y direction

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Using comsol simulated surface temperatures resulted in a calculated contact resistance of  × 10 −6 m2 K/W which represents a 0.03% error

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Influence of surface convective losses on the measured contact resistance. Percent error is based on agreement with the contact resistance of 1 × 10 −6 m2 K/W used in the simulation.

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
(a) IR image used to measure the temperatures (°C) of the upper and lower heat meter bars. (b) Portion of the IR image used to determine the contact resistance.

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Measured contact resistance of (1.61±0.9) × 10 −6 m2 K/W for a 65 μm Cu/AuSn/Cu interface

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Measured Heat-Spring® contact resistance of (7.9±0.7) × 10 −6 m2 K/W for a contact pressure of 1.4 MPa

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Measured Arctic Silver® 5 contact resistance of (13.7±1) × 10 −6 m2 K/W for a contact pressure of 1.4 MPa

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From: Measurement of High-Performance Thermal Interfaces Using a Reduced Scale Steady-State Tester and Infrared Microscopy
J. Heat Transfer. 2016;138(4): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Measured interfacial resistance of Arctic Silver® 5 and 4 mil Heat-Spring® as a function of contact pressure