Martin L. Reilly

Critical Analysis of Heat—Capacity Data and Evaluation of Thermodynamic Properties of Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium, and Platinum from 0 to 300K. A Survey of the Literature Data on Osmium.

The literature sources of heat‐capacity data on ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum have been compiled and the data critically analyzed. Except for osmium where data are lacking, best values of thermodynamic properties have been evaluated between 0 and 300 K from the analyses. The literature values of heat capacity, the electronic coefficient of heat capacity (γ), and the zero K limiting Debye characteristic temperature (θD(0)) are compared. The sources of data are tabulated chronologically along with the temperature range of measurements, purity of sample, and the pertinent experimental procedures used. A bibliography of the references is listed.

Measurement of the silver freezing point with an optical fiber thermometer: Proof of concept

Measurements were made at the gold and silver freezing points to demonstrate the accuracy of the new optical fiber thermometer (OFT). It is shown that the output signal from the OFT is related to the radiance from a blackbody source in a simple manner and that the temperature interval between the gold and silver freezing points, as determined with the OFT, is close to other recent results.