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Thermal Conductivity

Created by Arthur Aslanyan (Nafta College), last modified on Nov 25, 2019

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The amount of heat flux related to the unit temperature gradient as per Fourier's Law for Thermal conduction:

$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle {\bf j}_q = \lambda \, \nabla T\end{array}$

Symbol	Dimension	SI units	Oil metric units	Oil field units
$\begin{array}{l}\lambda\end{array}$	M¹L¹T⁻³Θ⁻¹	W/(m⋅K)	W/(m⋅K)	BTU/(hr⋅ft⋅°F)

See also

Physics / Thermodynamics / Heat Transfer / Thermal conduction

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