1. Preface

   • Ared Cezairliyan

   EditorialNotes Pages: 605 - 605

2. Theoretical considerations of the effects of rapid heating of solids on their apparent thermal properties

   • P. G. Klemens

   OriginalPaper Pages: 607 - 618

3. Thermal expansion of tungsten in the range 1500–3600 K by a transient interferometric technique

   • A. P. Miiller
   • A. Cezairliyan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 628

4. Thermal conductivity by a pulse-heating method: Theory and experimental apparatus

   • F. Righini
   • G. C. Bussolino
   • R. B. Roberts

   OriginalPaper Pages: 629 - 641

5. Measurement of the radiance temperature (at 655 nm) of melting graphite near its triple point by a pulse-heating technique

   • A. Cezairliyan
   • A. P. Miiller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 643 - 651

6. A dynamic technique for thermophysical measurements at high temperatures in a microgravity environment

   • A. Cezairliyan
   • A. P. Miiller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 653 - 662

7. A dynamic technique for measuring surface tension at high temperatures in a microgravity environment

   • A. P. Miiller
   • A. Cezairliyan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 663 - 674

8. Tensile instability and deformation behavior of rapidly heated metals in a constant-load environment

   • H. N. Jones
   • K. M. Wu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 675 - 691

9. Fast transient thermophysical measurements at Livermore

   • G. R. Gathers

   OriginalPaper Pages: 693 - 708

10. Thermophysical properties of solid and liquid tungsten

    • R. S. Hixson
    • M. A. Winkler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 709 - 718

11. Measurement of thermophysical properties of lead by a submicrosecond pulse-heating method in the range 2000–5000 K

    • G. Pottlacher
    • H. Jäger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 719 - 729

12. Measurement of the heat of fusion of molybdenum by a microsecond-resolution transient technique

    • J. L. McClure
    • A. Cezairliyan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 731 - 737

13. Microsecond-resolution electrical measurements in high-current discharges

    • J. L. McClure
    • A. Cezairliyan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 739 - 751

14. Extension of thermophysical and thermodynamic property measurements by laser pulse heating up to 10,000 K. I. Under pressure

    • R. W. Ohse

    OriginalPaper Pages: 753 - 769

15. Extension of thermophysical and thermodynamic property measurements by laser pulse heating up to 10,000 K. II. Under vacuum

    • R. W. Ohse

    OriginalPaper Pages: 771 - 787

16. The properties of liquid carbon

    • J. Steinbeck
    • G. Dresselhaus
    • M. S. Dresselhaus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 789 - 796

17. Picosecond laser heating and melting of graphite

    • A. M. Malvezzi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 797 - 809

18. Picosecond dynamics of thermal and acoustic transport in metal films

    • G. L. Eesley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 811 - 817

19. Issues and future directions in subsecond thermophysics research

    • A. Cezairliyan
    • G. R. Gathers
    • J. W. Shaner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 819 - 833