A comment on the thermal conductivity of insulating solids at high pressures

• The effect of pressure on the thermal conductivity has been investigated theoretically fo atomic and polymeric solids. Specific numerical results are given and are compared with experiments for KCl, NaCl and AgCl and for polytetrafluoroethylene and low- and high-density polyethylene. We find the ratio of theory and experiment to be 1.5, 1.9 and 3.0 for the alkali halides, the ratio increases with increasing mass ratio. Corresponding values for the polymers are 1.0, 1.4 and 0.9.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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High pressure

thermal conductivity

insulators

non-metals

alkali halides

polymers

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