Designing ad hoc temperature fixed point cells

Abstract

The design of the ad hoc (made of hand-on materials) temperature fixed-point cell (TFPC) is considered in this paper. There was developed a TFPC filled with lead and an apparatus for its investigation. The feature of the considered TFPC is minimization of the stray thermal fluxes distorting the temperature plateau during a phase change. Conclusions about the influence of the design of a TFPC on the temperature plateau of phase change are described.