SYMPOSIUM ON THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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About The Conference

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This is the Symposium of the well-established series of conferences on thermophysical properties. The Symposium is concerned with theoretical, experimental, simulation, and applied aspects of the thermophysical properties of gases, liquids, and solids, including biological systems. Appropriate topics are:

• Thermodynamic Properties, including equation of state, phase equilibria, p-V-T behavior, heat capacity, enthalpy, thermal expansion, sound speed, and critical phenomena.
• Transport Properties, including thermal and electrical conductivity, viscosity, mass diffusion, thermal diffusion, non-Newtonian behavior, and thermal, thermoacoustic, and other diffusion waves.
• Optical and Thermal Radiative Properties, including dielectric constant, refractive index, emissivity, reflectivity, and absorptivity.
• Interfacial Properties, including solid-solid interfaces, surface tension, interfacial profiles, interfacial transport, and wetting.
• Data Correlation, including data evaluation and prediction, standard reference data, databases, and storage and retrieval of thermophysical-property data.

Potential Focus Areas to be Emphasized at the Symposium (Focus areas from the previous Symposium)

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• Correlations, Databases, and Engineering Equations of State
  
• Fluid Property Measurements
  
• Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques
  
• Ionic Liquids
  
• Molecular Simulation
  
• Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
  
• Optical and Thermal Radiative Properties
  
• Photonic, Ultrasonic/Acoustic and Thermal Methods in Thermophysics
  
• Properties for Materials Science at High Temperatures
  
• Properties of Aqueous Systems
  
• Properties for Fuels and Energy Systems
  
• Properties of Polymers and Composites
  
• Properties of Solids
  
• Properties of Working Fluids including Refrigerants
  
• Theory of Thermophysical Properties
  
• Thermal Properties of Nanostructured Materials
  
• Thermophysical Methods for Biomaterials and Biosystems
  
• Thermophysical Properties of Polyamorphic Fluids
  
• Wetting, Interfaces, and Membranes
  
• Posters
  
• Software Demonstrations
  

Please send your comments and suggestions to the Symposium organizers through the Symposium email address:

All technical sessions will be held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. The Symposium is organized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Joint ASME-AIChE Committee on Thermophysical Properties.