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Thermal conductivity of liquid metals and alloys

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The thermal conductivity data of liquid metals have been correlated based on the cell theory of liquids. The temperature dependence of thermal conductivity is predicted in the case of thirteen metals for which experimental data are available. The overall average absolute deviation of predicted values is 4.25 pct. The method has been extended to alloys.

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  1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

    D. S. Viswanath (Professor of Chemical Engineering) & B. C. Mathur (Research Scholar)

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Viswanath, D.S., Mathur, B.C. Thermal conductivity of liquid metals and alloys. Metall Trans 3, 1769–1772 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02642559

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