D. Josell et al., ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINING THERMAL-DIFFUSIVITY FROM THERMAL PULSE EXPERIMENTS - COMMENT, Journal of applied physics, 78(11), 1995, pp. 6867-6869
An error has been noted in the seminal work by Cape and Lehman [J. App
l. Phys. 34, 926 (1963)] for determining thermal diffusivity values fr
om the results of pulse heating experiments. In the present communicat
ion, the correct formula has been determined and some estimates have b
een made of the errors resulting from application of the incorrect for
mulation.