National Physical Laboratory

Thermal Performance image Measurement Areas

NPL's Thermal Performance team provides a wide range of measurement facilities for characterising thermophysical properties of materials and the heat transfer within engineering structures.
  • Thermal analysis of materials using DSC, DMA, TMA and TGA.
  • Thermal expansion measurements can be made within the temperature range -140 °C to 1400 ° C.
  • Thermal conductivity and thermal resistance measurements on construction and engineering materials.
  • Thermal transmittance (or U-value) is a measure of the thermal performance of non-homogeneous, building structures.