A method suitable for the thermal characterization of gases is described. It is based on thermal wave interference (TWI) in a cavity. A TWI device was constructed and the thermal diffusivity of different binary gas mixtures as a function of their relative concentration was measured. From these values, using a logarithm mixing model for the thermal conductivity of a two-phase gas system, the thermal properties of the corresponding pure gases were calculated. The data obtained for several test gases show good agreement with values reported in the literature.
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