PRL 153
THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF POCO GRAPHITE
A Report to
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
from
PROPERTIES RESEARCH LABORATORY
R E Taylor and H. GrootSchool of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue UnhersityWest Lafayette. Indiana 4-906
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STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL SPECIFIC HEAT ;
POCO GRAPHITEELECTRICAL RESISTIVITYTHERMAL CONDUCTIVITYTHERMAL DIFFUSIVITY
.::; 20. ABSTRACT (ContInue on reverse side If necessary and IdentUy by block number)
The thermal conductivity, specific heat, and electrical resistivity of two sampleof POCO AXM 5Q graphite obtained from NBS were measured. These results, combinedwith previous results for thermal expansion and high temperature specific heatwere used to compute therma 1 diffusivity values from 400 to 2400K. The computeddiffusivity values agreed well with measured values. The electrical resistivityof the two samples differed significantly from each other and also varied alongthe length of the rods. Differences in thermal conductivity values between thetwo samples were directly related to difference in resistivity. In genera 1 the
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Table of Contents
APPARATUS AH> TECHNIQUES
RESULTS ,
DISCU55Im-
SUMMARY Ali"D CONCLUSIONS,
REFERE:l-CCES
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LIst of Tables
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L Reslsti'·Uy of POCO Graphite Along Length of Rod 5
2.. Thermal Conducti'·ity and Electrical Resisthity Kohlrausch Method 6
3. Thermal Conductivity Results Multiproperty
4. Electrical Resistl1'ity of POCO Graphite
5. f'pecific Heat Results ..
Electrical Resistivity of POCO Graphite
Thermal Conducthity of POCO Graphite
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1. Thermal ConducU"ity Results
2. Electrical Resistivity Results
J. 5peciflo Heat Results DSC
4. Specific Heat of POCO Graphite.
5. Electrical Resistivity of POCO GraphIte.
6. Thermal Conductivity of POCO Graphite.
Inc'erse Conducthrity rersus Temperature
8. Thermal Dlffusivity of POCO Graphite
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THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF POCO GRAPHITE
IFTLODUCTIOJ"·
Pesults from round-robin cooperathe programs ha"e indicated that POCO
AXH-5Ql graphite' "as a sUItable 1.2 material for a high temperature thermal
coniuctiity standard, Subsequently a batch of this material was obtained by the
Fa~ional Bureau of Standards for use as a standard reference material SRM ,
U,for~urately the room temperature electrlcal resistivity ,rariations from billet
to-blllet and e"en within the same billet ha'e been much larger than anticipated
3. It IS the purpose of the present work to in'estigate the thermal conducthity
an~' elec~rical resisti'ity o,er an extended temperature range of two samples whose
reslsti it) differed sigmficantly. These results elucidate the relationship between
the electrical resisthity and the thermal conducthity for POCO graphite and dem
onstrate the degree of 'ariability in the magnitude of the thermal conductivity of
thiE batch of materiaL
The Properties Research Laboratory has a unique multi-property apparatus
ca~a'Jle of state-of-the-art accuracy for high temperature thermophysical prop
erties. This apparatus has been used previously to measure the thermal conduc
t! It and electrical resistivity of SRM's -30 and -99 tungsten to very high tem
. eL tures 4 aE well as a number of other materials 5, 6. -, ThlS apparatus
has been deserlbed elsewhere 8. 9 .
In addition the specific heat of the two samples was measured at lower tem
perl,ures to HooK. as an aid in resohing diserepencies between thermal con
d, etlit~' ,alues measured directly and those computed from thermal diffusivity
fDeofic heat results. A standard Perkin-Elmer differential scanning calorimeter
interfaced to the PRL digital data acquisition system was used for the specific heat
determinatlOns.
Product of POCO Graphite. Inc•• Garland. Texas, Grade descnption AXM:medium grain fuel cell grade; 5Q: 25000 C graphitization temperature: 1:purified.
APPARATUS A:r--n TECHHQUES
At the lower temperatures SSC -11S0 K _ the modified Koblrausch technique
-'af used for thermal conducth'ity and electrical resistivity measurements. The
Kohlrausch method In'-ohes the determination of the product of the thermal con
duc"lit:- k and the electrical resisthityo'. Since the electrical resisthity is
als - meamred at the same time. k can be calculated. The method in'- oh-es passing
ccnstant dlrect current through the specimen to heat the sample while the ends are
kert at constant temperature. Radial heat losses are minimized by an external
tea~er maintained at the sample- s midpoint temperature. Wlth these provisions. at
s"ead:- st?te a parabola-like mnal temperature profile is obtained. Thermocouples
are olace.:l at the center and one centimeter on each side of the center. The thermo
c U:kf also act as '-oltage probes. :r--umbering the center thermocouples as the' 2'
pOfltion and the other posltions as co 1 and co 03". it IS possible to get the products of
k and 0:
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"here -- - '-2 is '-oltage drop between the third and middle thermocouple. T1 ~ T3 is
the sum of the temperatures at the outside thermocouples. and T2 is the center temp
erature. Since 0 is also measured simultaneously using Eq. 1. k can be calculated,
The data collection T 1• T2. T3• '3 - '2' I are computerized and the results calcul
ateJ for a set of measurements performed while the sample is under vacuum and the
heater temperature matched to that of T2' Then additional current is used. a new set
of eJuilibnum conditions is obtained. and the process repeated. At higher temper
atures the multiproperty apparatus was used to measure the thermal conducthity
and electrical resisthity.
The go'-ernmg equation for Joulean heat long thin rods in "acuum subjected to
raJlation loss from the surface is
dkdT
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"-here P is the circumference. C1 is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant. To is the temp
era~ure of the vacuum enclosure. <H is the total hemispherical emittance. u is the
Thomson coefficient. Cp is the specific heat at constant pressure, d is the density,
Z 15 the length coordinate in polar coordinates. and t is time. At steady state dT dt
1S zero In the case of long rods at steady state dT dZ = ct2T dZ2 = 0 and Eq. 2
bec.:mes
3
here T 1S the uniform central temperature. Thus by measuring L v. and T. 0
and ~H can be calculated.
In nractice the sample is heated to about 33((, F and 0 and E'H measured during
the cooling cycle to about 14-0 F. The data are taken using the PRL digital data acqui
si:1en system and the values of 0 and E'H are calculated. plotted. and fitted to least
squ.cre cur'es automatically. Following temperature profile data. 0 and E'H are re
meae .. red. Then the long sample is heated to 440C F and 0 and "H measured bet-"een
44 a 1.: 330 L Temperature profiles on short samples are taken o"er this temp
eraure range. then the long sample measurements are repeated. Because the pre
se~1 sreClmens are too short for d2T dZ2 to be equal to zero. long samples are fab
ricated by slip-fitting extender rods made from the same billet on each end of the
"ample. The short sample configuration 1S achie'ed by moving the electrical clamps
se hat the center of the long sample remains the center of the short sample. Above
?3 0 r :he long sample is 4 inches long so that the slip-joints are near the water
ccled clamps. At lower temperatures the long sample is about 12 inches long.
11 addition the standard four probe method using knife blade voltage probes
as t:sed :0 measure the electrical resisti"ity along the samples at room temperature.
Bull, denSities "'ere determined from geometry and mass. The specific heat from
33 to 1 .. K was measured usmg a Perkin-Elmer DSC-2 interfaced to the digital
aCluisition system and using saphire as the reference materiaL
r-·o Eamples L 4 in. diameter by 12 mches long were recei"ed from NBS.
Bo l:er. One rod "as designated as JA-1 henceforth referred to as Sample 1
and the second rod was designated as 3A-2 Sample 2 .
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HL~ULTS
--alues of the bulk densities of Samples 1 and 2 were found to be L 7424 and
L -8 4 gm cm-:: respecth'ely.
- alue!; of the electrical resisth ity at one inch inter':als along the samples are
gJ en In Table L It can be seen that there is a considerable variation along the rods
ane; that the electrical resistheity of Sample 1 is generally 20 to 140 microhm cm
higher ~han that of Sample 2.
The thermal conductb:ity and electrical resistivity results measured with the
Kohlrausch method are given in Table 2. The thermal conductivity values ha'-e been
c.:rrected for thermal expansion using the TPRC reco=ended "alues for POCO
graphite 10. The room temperature resistb'-ity "alues for the sections used for
~he Kchlrausch methods were 1409.9 and 1326.7 microhm cm for Samples 1 and 2,
resrectheely. These sections are near the ends of the rods. The conductivity values
for Sample 1 are significantly lower than those for Sample 2. The results are plotted
in Figure 1.
The thermal conductivity results obtained on different sections of the same rods
usmg the multiproperty apparatus are given in Table 3. These values has been cor
rected for expansion. The room temperature resistivity values for these sections
--ere 13-5.1 and 1295.9 microhm cm. These sections are near the center of the rod.
The thermal conducti'-ity results from the multiproperty apparatuses are included in
Figure 1. While one could join the higher temperature results from the multiproperty
arT'·- ratus -'-ith the lo"er temperature results from the Kohlrausch apparatus, there is
a dI~contlruity caused by the difference in resisthity along the rods.
The electrical resistivity results from the Kohlrausch apparatus are included in
Table 2. The resistheity results for the multiproperty apparatus are gi'en in Table 4.
Both sets of results are plotted in Figure 2. The differences in electrical resistivity
bet een the sections from the same rods are clearly e"ident in Figure 2.
Specific heat values were obtained at 50 intervals from 335K to 700K and from
C2:iK to 9950 K. The data are plotted in Figure 3 and part of these data are ghen in
Ta~le 5. The specific heat values from the two rods as ,n excellent agreement. The
agreement in the temperature o'-erlap region using aluminum and gold pans is reason
able maxImum difference of 3. -""', and average difference of less than 2""'0 •
TABLE 1
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A. Specific Heat
As expected the specific heat is relatively insensitive to fabrication. micro
structure or impurity variations among the samples. Thus the present spedfic
heat results can be joined with the high temperature values for POCO graphite gen
erated 'Jl' Cezairliyan and Righini 11. Since these cur"es join smoothly Figure 4 . the
speufic heat of POCO graphite is known within 3~ over the range 350 to at least 2500 K.
B ElecLrical Reslsthity
It is ob-ious from the results that the electrical resistivity varies significantly
from sample to sample and even at different locations along the same sample. In
ordcr ~c put the 10" and high temperature results from different sections of the same
sanple on a common basis. the low temperature results ha"e been biased so that the
resistn it:' "alues at 1200 K from the two sections agree. This required a subtraction
cf l;Ju ~ cm from the Kohlrausch data for sample 3A-1 and a subtraction of 25u (t em
from the Kohlrausch data of 3A-2. The re"ised curyres are plotted in Figure 5 and
alues are giren at selected temperatures in Table 6. Corrections for thermal ex
pansion are also included in Table 6. The electrical resisth'ity has a broad minimum
about U5( K. The resisti"ity decreases relatively rapidly with increasing temperature
frem reom temrerature to about 900K and increases at a lower rate abo"e 1200 K. The
dlfference in resistidty between the 1;>vo samples remains relatively constant 85 ± 11un
cm 0' er the range 300 to 2400 K.
Co Thermal ConductiVity
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Table 3 ha"e been included in Figure 6. The KohIrausch values have been biased to
the alues they would have if the sample sections for the Kohlrausch and multiproperty
sa,mples were the same. This was accomplished by assuming that the difference in
~hermal conducthity "alue at 400K related to the difference in resistivity. Such a
reia:ionship has been obser"ed near room temperature for graphites. particularly
-'hen the general types of graphite remains the same. Taylor 12 found that the
rela~ion , = A- Bo -'as good within a few percent for samples from the same grade of
graphite. Moore. Graves and McElroy 13 found that \ = 1.56 X 10-3 0-1 -0.266 x
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temperature. If we solve for B using Taylor's expression at400 K. we get B= 3. 681 x
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Temr 3A-1 3A-1 3A-2 3A-2oK uncorr. corr. uncorr. corr.
3 1385 1385 1300 13004- 121- 1218 1130 113130 1H8 1109 1023 1C24ace 1Cr 1039 952 954- 0 ?8- 990 905 906C· 948 952 8-3 8-6
930 934 855 85910 925 93) 849 85411 925 931 848 85212 932 939 851 85-1.3CO 94C 948 860 86-14 955 954 8-0 8-8E. 9-0 98C 885 894L.OO 985 996 900 9101- 1:03 1015 915 92618 1022 1035 933 94519C L43 105- 952 9652 C 1:65 1081 9-1 9852LO 108- 1104 991 100622C llC8 1127 1012 102923C 1126 1146 1035 105324 0 1146 1168 1057 107-
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fOI s?mples 1 and 2 respecti,cely. Using Moore. Graves and McEllroy's equation
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sal Irks are about parallel Figure 1 • we can add these values to all the Kohlrausch
resllt~, This is dene in Figure 6 to obtain a smooth CUl" e for each of the two samples.
[hermal eonductinty '" alues at selected temperatures are included in Table 7.
The relatn"e role of phonons and electron conduction to energy transport in POCO
1;L phite 1s discussed))' MInges 1 who concluded that the electronic contribution is
insIgnificant. In this case. the in'"erse conductivity should be a linear function of
temrerature at higher temperatures say above 10fO K where boundary scattering
effect~ ha'"e decreased to low le,cels. Ho""e'"er when we plot 1 , "ersus T for the
1'resent data FIgure - . we note that the increase conductivity above 1200 does not
folle a Imear relationship. If W"e assume that the Lorenz function Lo for graphite
IS Lemperature independent and equal to the classical value; then we can compute the
electronic contribution ., e to the total conductivIty. A plot of 1 '-'e is nearly linear
ma1nmum del'lation of S...., from 400 to 2400K Figure 7 and Table 7 . Quantitati"e
e 21ua11ons based on energy band models predict Lo to be two to three times the clas
~icalalue 14. In the present case Lo equal to 1. S times the classical value would
result m a very good linear fit of 1 '-'e versus temperature. While it would appear
tha~ ~hermal conductiv ity and electrical resistivity data above 2400 K would significantly
aId in elucidatlng the role of electronic conduction. it must be remembered that this
material "as graphitized at about 2S00oC so that this temperature range is very close
to ~he fabrication temperature. Thus the stability of the properties of this material
as de~erminedby precise measurement methods may not justify extensive work be
yond 24:"' K on POCO AXM SQ. In fact the authors noted some tendency for the elec
trical reslstn"ity to change upon extended heating of the samples at 2400K in vacuum.
e 1S c" ncllded that an electronic contribution ranging from a few percent belo"
"""" K' 0 at least 1S...., at 2400 K is present. This is in line with the findings of an ex
ten5ne program at PRL on a proprietary graphite in which a similar conclusion was
reached.
The density of the samples was calculated at selected temperatures from the
recommend expanSIOn cune and the results are mcluded in Table -. These values
are combined "lth the thermal conductivity and specific heat results to calculate thethermal diffusbrity. These calculated diffusivity "alues 'lre given in Figure 8 and
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in excellent agreement with the present results. The resistivity of Chu, Taylor and
Donaldson's sample "as 1416 uO cm at room temperature. which is slightly abo"-e that
of ,amrle 3A-1 Figure 5 • Thus the diffusivity 'alues should be slightly below about
1- the rresent results and this is close to the observed results Figure 8. The re
sulLs of the AGARD participants lie below the present results. particularly at the lower
temreratures. The percent difference between the AGARD results and Sample 1 is
about 1.3'-, independent of temperature. The electrical resistivity of the AGARD POCO
AXE 5Q material was rrobably considerably higher than that of the present samples.
OTle AGARD participant reported a room temperature resistivity value of 1579un cm
an~ ~hIS IS considerably abo"'e the 'alues for the present sample Figure 5. Thus
L] conductivity diffuSlvlty "alues for the AGARD samples should be significantly below
L c rcsent results. Usmg the value for B 3.31 x 1(...;\ W U 0-1 cm-2K-1 obtained for
1L .t, sent samples at 4COK and estimating the resisthity of the AGARD material to
be 13-5u( cm at 400K the AGARD material should have a conducthity at 400K of
atcut • -9"V cm-1 K-l less than that of Sample L This is 10"", below the value for
5amrle 1 at 4~ 0 K. Thus it appears that the difference between the AGARD results and
the rresent results can be accounted for by the difference in electrical resistivity.
On the other hand. Moore, Gra"es. and McElroy 13 determined the resistivity
and conductivity of a different piece of POCO AXM 5Q. Their results at 400K were
f °lU (, cm and L 22 w cm-1K-l respectively. Using the "alue for B obtained from the
present work. the value of the thermal conducti"ity of their sample should be
C.13" cm-1 K-1 greater than that for Sample L This value is L 10 w cm-1 K-1 "'hich
is L~ below their measured value. Thus the difference in resisti"ity only accounts
for about one-half of the difference between the present results and that of Moore. Gra"es,
and EcElroy. The conducthity values of Moore, Graves, and McElroy are significantly
abme those obtained by other researchers. Since the results of these researchers have
rren to ':Je very reliable. the conclusion is that their POCO graphite sample "as con
SIderably different from others. This is borne out by the density of their sample
L 85 gIn cm...'! which is significantly greater than the densities of the thermal con
:lucttity samples measured by other researchers.
26
The :hermal CO'1ductivity. specific heat. and electrical resistivity of two samples
of POCO .AXM 50 graphite obtained from lI-BS were measured. These results. com
bIned ·nth previous results for thermal expansion and high temperature specific heat
·'ere used to compute thermal diffushity "alues from 400 to 2400K. The computed
dlffushity 'alues agreed well with measured values.
The electrical resistivity of the two samples differed significantly from each other
an also 'aried along the length of the rods. Differences in thermal conductivity values
bet een the t,,·o samples were directly related to difference in resistivity. In general
:he results of other researchers could be brought into agreement 'with the present re
sults. based on differences in resisthity and density. Consequently it was possible
tc generate cun-es of electrical resisthity. thermal conductivity, specific heat and
thermal diffushity of POCO AXM 5Q graphite from 400 to 2400K. There is an elec
trolllC contritution to the thermal conducthrity. This contribution is less than a few
[ercent at 400K but increases to at least 15"', at 2400K.
L
4.
5.
6.
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