diff --git a/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/gold/thermal_interface_calculated_out.e b/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/gold/thermal_interface_calculated_out.e
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diff --git a/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/tests b/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/tests
index e02395aa..3c2616fd 100644
--- a/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/tests
+++ b/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/tests
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@
     ratio_tol = 3e-7    #ratio = 2.80685e-7
     cli_args = 'Mesh/file=thermal_interface_jacobian_mesh.e Executioner/end_time=0.1'
     prereq = 'low_low low_high high_low high_high'
+    requirement = 'The system shall support the calculation of heat transfer across an interface due to thermal conductivity and electrostatic joule heating with the correct jacobian.'
     issues = '#7 #10'
   [../]
+  [./conductance_error]
+    type = RunException
+    input = 'thermal_interface.i'
+    cli_args = 'InterfaceKernels/thermal_contact_conductance/mean_hardness=1.0'
+    expect_err = "In thermal_contact_conductance, both user-supplied thermal/electrical conductances"
+    prereq = 'low_low low_high high_low high_high'
+    requirement = 'The system shall support error-generation when the user supplies both conductances and mean hardness values (to calculate a conductance) to calculate thermal conductivity across an interface.'
+    issues = '#7'
+  [../]
+  [./conductance_calculated]
+    type = Exodiff
+    input = 'thermal_interface.i'
+    exodiff = 'thermal_interface_calculated_out.e'
+    cli_args = 'Executioner/end_time=0.2 Outputs/file_base=thermal_interface_calculated_out InterfaceKernels/active="thermal_contact_conductance_calculated electric_contact_conductance" Materials/active="heat_conductor_graphite rho_graphite sigma_graphite heat_conductor_stainless_steel rho_stainless_steel sigma_stainless_steel mean_hardness"'
+    requirement = 'The system shall support the calculation of thermal and electrical conductances when determining the heat transfer across an interface due to thermal conductivity and electrostatic joule heating.'
+    issues = '#7'
+  [../]
 []
diff --git a/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/thermal_interface.i b/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/thermal_interface.i
index 62c197ad..0c2fc5cd 100644
--- a/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/thermal_interface.i
+++ b/test/tests/interfacekernels/thermal_conductance/thermal_interface.i
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Input file block to generate this mesh can be found in thermal_interface_mesh.i
 [Mesh]
   file = thermal_interface_regular_mesh.e
 []
@@ -110,14 +111,18 @@
 []
 
 [InterfaceKernels]
+  active = 'thermal_contact_conductance electric_contact_conductance'
+
   [./thermal_contact_conductance]
     type = ThermalContactCondition
     variable = temperature_stainless_steel
     neighbor_var = temperature_graphite
     master_potential = potential_stainless_steel
     neighbor_potential = potential_graphite
-    master_conductivity = thermal_conductivity
-    neighbor_conductivity = thermal_conductivity
+    master_thermal_conductivity = thermal_conductivity
+    neighbor_thermal_conductivity = thermal_conductivity
+    master_electrical_conductivity = electrical_conductivity
+    neighbor_electrical_conductivity = electrical_conductivity
     user_electrical_contact_conductance = 2.5e5 # as described in Cincotti et al (DOI: 10.1002/aic.11102)
     user_thermal_contact_conductance = 7 # also from Cincotti et al
     boundary = ssg_interface
@@ -129,9 +134,26 @@
     boundary = ssg_interface
     user_electrical_contact_conductance = 2.5e5 # as described in Cincotti et al (DOI: 10.1002/aic.11102)
   [../]
+
+  [./thermal_contact_conductance_calculated]
+    type = ThermalContactCondition
+    variable = temperature_stainless_steel
+    neighbor_var = temperature_graphite
+    master_potential = potential_stainless_steel
+    neighbor_potential = potential_graphite
+    master_thermal_conductivity = thermal_conductivity
+    neighbor_thermal_conductivity = thermal_conductivity
+    master_electrical_conductivity = electrical_conductivity
+    neighbor_electrical_conductivity = electrical_conductivity
+    mean_hardness = graphite_stainless_mean_hardness
+    mechanical_pressure = 8.52842e10 # resulting in electrical contact conductance = ~1.4715e5, thermal contact conductance = ~3.44689e7
+    boundary = ssg_interface
+  [../]
 []
 
 [Materials]
+  active = 'heat_conductor_graphite rho_graphite sigma_graphite heat_conductor_stainless_steel rho_stainless_steel sigma_stainless_steel'
+
   #graphite
   [./heat_conductor_graphite]
     type = HeatConductionMaterial
@@ -175,6 +197,11 @@
     temperature_coefficient = 0 # makes conductivity constant
     block = stainless_steel
   [../]
+
+  # harmonic mean of graphite and stainless steel hardness
+  [./mean_hardness]
+    type = GraphiteStainlessMeanHardness
+  [../]
 []
 
 [Preconditioning]