Classical thermodynamics, heat transfer Heat conduction Concept
Thermal conductivity
Summary
The thermal conductivity of a material measures how well it conducts heat. It is the constant in Fourier's law that links the heat flux to the temperature gradient. Its unit is the watt per metre per kelvin. Good conductors such as copper have large , and insulators such as foam have small .
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- Nusselt number
- Biot number
- Nusselt film condensation theory
- Fourier's law of heat conduction
- Laplace transform methods in heat conduction
- Robin boundary condition for convective cooling
- Rosseland approximation
- Steady-state heat conduction
- Thermal diffusivity
- Frank-Kamenetskii theory of thermal explosion
- Enthalpy method for phase change
- Fin heat transfer
- Cattaneo–Vernotte equation
- Convective heat transfer
- Anisotropic heat conduction
- Thermal resistance
Further reading
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- Nusselt number
- Biot number
- Nusselt film condensation theory
- Fourier's law of heat conduction
- Laplace transform methods in heat conduction
- Robin boundary condition for convective cooling
- Rosseland approximation
- Steady-state heat conduction
- Thermal diffusivity
- Frank-Kamenetskii theory of thermal explosion
- Enthalpy method for phase change
- Fin heat transfer
- Cattaneo–Vernotte equation
- Convective heat transfer
- Thermal resistance