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D. R. Flynn, W. M. Healy and R. R. Zarr, "High-Temperature Guarded Hot Plate Apparatus – Optimal Locations of Circular Heaters," TITCC 28/ITES 16, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, June 2005.  PDF

D. R. Flynn, W. M. Healy and R. R. Zarr, "High-Temperature Guarded Hot Plate Apparatus – Control of Edge Heat Loss," TITCC 28/ITES 16, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, June 2005.  PDF

R. R. Zarr, D. R. Flynn, J. W. Hettenhouser, N. J. Brandenburg, and W. M. Healy, "Fabrication of a Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus for Use over an Extended Temperature Range and in a Controlled Gas Atmosphere," ITCC 28/ITES 16, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, June 2005.  PDF

Flynn:, D.R.; Zarr, R.R.; Hahn, M.H.; and Healy, W.M., "Design Concepts for a New Guarded Hot Plate Apparatus for Use Over and Extended Temperature Range", Insulation Materials:Testing and Applications: 4th Volume, ASTM STP 1426, A.O. Desjarlais and R.R. Zarr, Editiors, ASTM International, West Coshohocken, PA, 2002.  PDF

Healy, W.M. and Flynn, D.R., "Thermal Modeling of Multiple-Line-Heat-Source Guarded Hot Plate Apparatus",   Insulation Materials:Testing and Applications: 4th Volume, ASTM STP 1426, A.O. Desjarlais and R.R. Zarr, Editiors, ASTM International, West Coshohocken, PA, 2002.  PDF

Zarr, R. R. and Filliben, J. J., "International Study of guarded Hot Plate Laboratories Using Fibrous Glass and Expanded Polystyrene Reference Materials.Insulation Materials: Testing and Applications, 4th Volume. ASTM STP 1426. 2002, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, Desjarlais, A. O.; Zarr, R. R., Editors, 3-16 pp, 2002. PDF

Zarr, R. R. and J. J. Filliben, "International Comparison of Guarded Hot Plate Apparatus Using National and Regional Reference Materials," NIST Technical Note 1444 (May 2002). PDF

Zarr, R. R., "A History of Testing Heat Insulators at the National Institute of Standards and Technology," ASHRAE Transactions Vol. 27 No. 2 pp. 1-11 (2001). PDF

 

 


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