Analysis of the Metrological Characteristics of the Speckle Dilatometer of the State Secondary Standard of the Unit of Thermal Coefficient of Linear Expansion of Solids in the Range of Values From 0.05 · 10–6 to 100.0 · 10–6 K–1 in the Range of Temperature Values from 90 to 1,900 K

   Thermal expansion is an important design parameter of materials, which should be taken into account when developing, producing and using products. To control this significant characteristic of new materials, it is necessary to develop equipment, methods and measurement procedures that take into account the novelty of the specific behavior of these materials. The production of specially shaped samples is the main limitation in thermal expansion measurements. This primarily applies to new materials (heterogeneous, composite, poorly processed) developed for special tasks. These factors necessitated the development of a method for measuring the temperature coefficient of linear expansion of products and materials with arbitrary sample shapes, which was not available in previous implementations of interferometric methods. An interference speckle dilatometer SD was developed for measuring samples with irregular shape in the temperature range from 200 to 400 K. When creating the speckle dilatometer SD, the speckle interferometry method was implemented to measure the elongation of samples with an irregular surface with nanometer sensitivity. Since this device has no analogues, a study was conducted on the uncertainty components arising when measuring the thermal coefficient of linear expansion of materials on this device. The analysis of the uncertainty components of the measurement of the thermal coefficient of linear expansion of materials on the speckle dilatometer SD was carried out. An experimental determination of the measurement uncertainty of the thermal coefficient of linear expansion of TCLE measures of arbitrary shaped samples was obtained using the SD speckle dilatometer. After research and initial certification, the developed measurement instrument was approved and included in the State Secondary Standard of the unit of thermal coefficient of linear expansion of solids in the range of values from 0.05 · 10–6 to 100.0 · 10–6 K–1 in the range of temperature values from 90 to 1,900 K.

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