1. Preface

   • Francesco Righini

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 2

2. Subsecond thermophysics research at the Boris Kidrich Institute Vincha

   • K. D. Maglić
   • A. S. Dobrosavljević

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 16

3. A new dynamic technique for the measurement of hemispherical total emittance

   • F. Righini
   • G. C. Bussolino
   • A. Rosso

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 27

4. Differential equations for a dynamic thermal conductivity experiment

   • J. Spisiak
   • F. Righini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 37

5. Radiance temperatures (in the wavelength range 522–906 nm) of niobium at its melting point by a pulse-heating technique

   • A. Cezairliyan
   • A. P. Miiller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 55

6. Measurements of specific heat and electrical resistivity of austenitic stainless steel (St. 1.4970) in the range 300–1500 K by pulse calorimetry

   • A. S. Dobrosavljević
   • K. D. Maglić

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 64

7. Surface tension measurements of liquid metals using levitation, microgravity, and image processing

   • I. Egry
   • G. Lohöfer
   • S. Sauerland

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 74

8. Measurement of the heat of fusion of titanium and a titanium alloy (90Ti-6Al-4V) by a microsecond-resolution transient technique

   • J. L. McClure
   • A. Cezairliyan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 81

9. Improved thermophysical measurements on solid and liquid tantalum

   • H. Jäger
   • W. Neff
   • G. Pottlacher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 93

10. Pulse techniques for experimental studies on carbon at extreme temperatures

    • M. A. Sheindlin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 105

11. Graphite melting under laser pulse heating

    • C. Ronchi
    • R. Beukers
    • R. Selfslag

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 129

12. The optical properties of graphite under intense picosecond laser illumination

    • A. M. Malvezzi
    • M. Romanoni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 140

13. Thermodynamic properties of amorphous silicon investigated by pulsed laser heating

    • M. G. Grimaldi
    • P. Baeri
    • C. Sirtori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 151

14. Investigation of Si-As solid solutions by pulsed laser heating

    • P. Baeri
    • R. Reitano
    • C. Sirtori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 163

15. A new multiwavelength pyrometer: Design and feasibility study

    • G. Ruffino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 171

16. Error analysis of a ratio pyrometer by numerical simulation

    • G. R. Gathers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 185

17. Error analysis by numerical simulation for a three-color pyrometer assuming a blackbody spectrum and a wavelength- and temperature-dependent emissivity

    • G. R. Gathers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 198

18. Aspects of high-temperature pyrometry for measurements in ultrahigh vacuum

    • P. Neuhaus
    • I. Egry
    • G. Lohöfer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 210