ISO 2207-1:2024 third edition, as the basic standard for the determination of thermal transfer properties of plastics, systematically standardizes the general principles of 9 types of test methods such as hot wire method and flash method. Compared with the 2017 edition, the main revisions include: deleting unused term definitions, adding the term contact resistance (3.7), and renaming the laser flash method to the light flash method.
| Method Type | Typical Accuracy | Test Range(W/m·K) | Applicable Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Wire Method(5.2) | ±3% | 0.1-1.0 | Solid/Melt |
| Transient Plane Heat Source Method(5.4) | ±2% | 0.005-500 | Anisotropic Material |
| Light flash method(5.6) | ±5% | 0.1-2000 | Thin film/liquid |
The 2024 version strengthens the evaluation of the impact of contact resistance on measurement accuracy (3.7) and clarifies the calculation model of surface thermal resistance STR: R = d/λ (d is the material thickness, λ is the thermal conductivity). The new temperature modulation technology (5.8) can measure low thermal conductivity materials of 0.026-0.6 W/m·K.
When using the transient plane heat source method to measure polymethyl methacrylate, the probe pressure needs to be controlled to be greater than 10kPa to ensure thermal contact. The test time window is recommended to be 3-60 seconds to avoid boundary effects. The measured thermal conductivity is 0.193W/(m·K), which deviates from the literature value by less than 1.5%.
According to Appendix A, the main error sources include: boundary condition deviation (±1.2%), contact thermal resistance (±2.8%) and sample size tolerance (±1.5%). When using the TPS method, the statistical error can be controlled to <1% through time window optimization.

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