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:We report measurements of the thermal conductance of a structure made from commercial Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) modules, known as LEGO® blocks, in the temperature range from 70 mK to 1.8 K. A power law for the sample's thermal conductivity κ = (8.7 ± 0.3) × 10-5 T 1.75±0.02 WK-1 m-1 was determined. We conclude that this ABS/void compound material provides better thermal isolation than well-known bulk insulator materials in the explored temperature range, whilst maintaining solid support. LEGO blocks represent a cheap and superlative alternative to materials such as Macor or Vespel. In our setup, <400 nW of power can heat an experimental area of 5 cm2 to over 1 K, without any significant change to the base temperature of the dilution refrigerator. This work suggests that custom-built modular materials with even better thermal performance could be readily and cheaply produced by 3D printing.
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Chawner JMA,Jones AT,Noble MT,Pickett GR,Tsepelin V,Zmeev DEdoi
10.1038/s41598-019-55616-7subject
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2019-12-23 00:00:00pages
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