Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of principal symbols and abbreviations used
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical
- 3 Calorific equivalents
- 4 Indirect calorimeters
- 5 Direct calorimeters
- 6 Instrumentation
- 7 Calibrations and standards
- 8 Some complete open-circuit systems
- Appendices
- A1 Calculation of calorific factors from elemental composition
- A2 Solution of equations for heat production, and carbohydrate and fat metabolised
- A3 Report of the Brouwer Committee (1965)
- A4 Analysis of heat flow through gradient layers
- A5 Some physical properties of materials used in constructing calorimeters
- References
- Index
A4 - Analysis of heat flow through gradient layers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 March 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of principal symbols and abbreviations used
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical
- 3 Calorific equivalents
- 4 Indirect calorimeters
- 5 Direct calorimeters
- 6 Instrumentation
- 7 Calibrations and standards
- 8 Some complete open-circuit systems
- Appendices
- A1 Calculation of calorific factors from elemental composition
- A2 Solution of equations for heat production, and carbohydrate and fat metabolised
- A3 Report of the Brouwer Committee (1965)
- A4 Analysis of heat flow through gradient layers
- A5 Some physical properties of materials used in constructing calorimeters
- References
- Index
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- Animal and Human Calorimetry , pp. 305 - 310Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1988