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A non-separation approach to determine the spark-processed porous silicon thermal parameters is presented. This thermal characterization was performed through application of the photoacoustic technique, in combination with compositional models for spark-processed porous silicon samples. The thermal parameters obtained are in agreement with existing studies about the composition of this material. This approach opens the possibility of performing the thermal characterization of other porous semiconductors and analogous materials.

The photoacoustic technique and the thermal relaxation method were used to determine the thermal conductivity of some representative samples obtained from an aluminumsilicon casting alloy A319. This material was solidified with an imposed unidirectional thermal gradient to obtain samples with different microstructures characterized by the secondary dendrite arm spacing, which increases as the solidification rate decreases. It was found that the thermal conductivity of the alloy decreases with an increase in the secondary dendrite arm spacing and a decrease in the integral dendrite perimeter.

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