Designation:C1130−07(Reapproved2012)StandardPracticeforCalibratingThinHeatFluxTransducers1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC1130;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispractice,inconjunctionwithTestMethodC177,C518,C1114,orC1363,establishesanexperimentalprocedurefordeterminingthesensitivityofheatfluxtransducersthatarerelativelythin.1.1.1Forthepurposeofthisstandard,thethicknessoftheheatfluxtransducershallbelessthan30%ofthenarrowestplanardimensionoftheheatfluxtransducer.1.2Thispracticediscussesamethodfordeterminingthesensitivityofaheatfluxtransducertoone-dimensionalheatflownormaltothesurfaceandfordeterminingthesensitivityofaheatfluxtransducerforaninstalledapplication.1.3ThispracticeshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithPrac-ticeC1046whenperformingin-situmeasurementsofheatfluxonopaquebuildingcomponents.1.4Thispracticeisnotintendedtodeterminethesensitivityofheatfluxtransducersthatarecomponentsofheatflowmeterapparatus,asinTestMethodC518.1.5Thispracticeisnotintendedtodeterminethesensitivityofheatfluxtransducersusedforin-situindustrialapplicationsthatarecoveredinPracticeC1041.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C168TerminologyRelatingtoThermalInsulationC177TestMethodforSteady-StateHeatFluxMeasure-mentsandThermalTransmissionPropertiesbyMeansoftheGuarded-Hot-PlateApparatusC518TestMethodforSteady-StateThermalTransmissionPropertiesbyMeansoftheHeatFlowMeterApparatusC1041PracticeforIn-SituMeasurementsofHeatFluxinIndustrialThermalInsulationUsingHeatFluxTransduc-ersC1044PracticeforUsingaGuarded-Hot-PlateAppa...
