The procedure of a laboratory thermal needle probe test performed on a specimenremoved from a sampling feature (ASTM D5334, IEEE Std 442). A long, small-diameterneedle containing a heating element and a temperature sensor is inserted into thespecimen; a known current is passed through the heater and the resulting temperaturerise is monitored over time. Thermal conductivity and its reciprocal, thermalresistivity, are computed from the rate of temperature rise per logarithmic timecycle and are reported as diggs:Property values (propertyClass thermal_conductivityor thermal_resistivity) in the outcome of the test, not as elements of thisprocedure; one determination results per test. It is not for in-situ measurement:the field-probe variant that ASTM D5334 and IEEE Std 442 also describe is out ofscope. Whether the specimen is undisturbed or remolded is recorded bydiggs:SoilSpecimenType/specimenType.
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