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Fourier’s law of heat conduction
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thermal conduction in gases
- In gas: Heat conduction
…the temperature difference according to Fourier’s law, where the constant of proportionality (aside from the geometric factors of the apparatus) is called the heat conductivity or thermal conductivity of the fluid, λ. Mechanisms other than conduction can transport energy, in particular convection and radiation; here it is assumed that these…
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work of Fourier
- In Joseph Fourier
Fourier began his work on the Théorie analytique de la chaleur in Grenoble in 1807 and completed it in Paris in 1822. His work enabled him to express the conduction of heat in two-dimensional objects (i.e., very thin sheets of material) in terms of the…
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