Thermal conductivity of coated paper

Lei L. Kerr, Yun Long Pan, Ralph B. Dinwiddie, Hsin Wang, Robert C. Peterson

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Abstract

In this article, a method for measuring the thermal conductivity of paper using a hot disk system is introduced. To the best of our knowledge, few publications are found discussing the thermal conductivity of a coated paper, although it is important to various forms of today's digital printing where heat is used for imaging, as well as for toner fusing. This motivated an investigation of the thermal conductivity of paper coating. This study demonstrates that the thermal conductivity is affected by the coating mass and the changes in the thermal conductivity affect toner gloss and density. As the coating mass increases, the thermal conductivity increases. Both the toner gloss and density decrease as the thermal conductivity increases. The toner gloss appears to be more sensitive to the changes in the thermal conductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)572-579
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Thermophysics
Volume30
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2009

Funding

Acknowledgments This work is funded by the Shoupp Award at Miami University. This research is also sponsored by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies, as part of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory User Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.

Keywords

  • Coated paper
  • Heat transfer
  • Hot disk
  • Thermal conductivity

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