Response to Comment on 'Effective thermal conductivity of metal and non-metal particulate composites with interfacial thermal resistance at high volume fraction of nano to macro-sized spheres' [J. Appl. Phys. 117, 216101 (2015)]

In this response, we clarify some of the misconceptions that were brought up by Pal's Comments about our manuscript [S. A. Faroughi and C. Huber, J. Appl. Phys. 117, 055104 (2015)]. The main issue that was raised is that we account for the correction on the excluded volume (the net volume of the continuous phase in a finite composite decreases with increasing filler content) twice. We show here that this statement is incorrect and that our model is consistent with other models derived from a different standpoint. We also address the other comments raised by Pal. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.