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Below is a short list of European projects relevant to thermal transport properties. (For a fuller listing search for projects at Services.)

Projects help industrial organisations, particularly SMEs, to learn about the industrial research being carried out, to have opportunities for collaboration, or simply to benefit from the resulting knowledge transfer activities.

Project title	Contact	Notes
Validating contact and non-contact (laser based) techniques for thermal properties measurement on solids from ambient to high temperatures	Organisation: National Physical Laboratory Contact person: Andrew Levick Phone: +44 20 8977 3222	Includes transient contact (needle probe, transient plane source) and photothermal methods
Developing accurate techniques for measurement of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity (steady-state and transient methods)	Organisation: Laboratoire National d'Essais Contact person: Bruno Hay Phone: +33 1 30 69 12 20	LNE works currently on metrological projects in the field of thermal properties, concerning notably: - thermal diffusivity measurements of liquids, multilayer and composites by transient methods, - thermal conductivity measurements of polymers and ceramics by steady-state methods.
Intercomparison of thermal property measurements using contact transient methods	Organisation: National Physical Laboratory Contact person: Neil Lockmuller Phone: +44 20 8943 6578	8 partners (European, US, Japanese) aiming to develop precision and bias statements for thermal properties derived by contact transient methods
TEAM Testing, assessment	Organisation: SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institut Contact person: Björn Schouenborg Phone: +46 33 165433	A European research project in EU - DG XII with the aim of how to choose, produce and use insulation materials without risk of deterioration due to bowing and/or thermal expansion.

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