Thermophysical properties of some key solids

In 1985 the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) published a Report of its Task Group on Thermophysical Properties of Solids which analyzed available data on, and gave recommended values for, the heat capacity of Al sub(2)O sub(3), Cu, W, and Fe, the thermal expansion of Cu, Si, W, and Al sub(2)O sub(3), the electrical resistivity of Cu, Fe, W, and Pt, the thermal conductivity of Al, Cu, Fe, and W, and the absolute thermopower of Pb, Cu, and Pt. The Chairman of the Task Group was Professor Y.S. Touloukian, until his death in 1981, and later was Dr. Merrill Minges. Since that publication there have been more measurements of heat capacity (Cu), thermal expansion (Si and W), and thermopower (W), particularly at high temperatures with subsecond techniques, which have led us to reanalyze some of the data and change some 'recommended' values. Revised tables and some algebraic expressions are presented here.