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Critical thermal-conductivity enhancement in molecular fluids

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Author(s)

Richard A. Perkins, Jan V. Sengers, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Marcia L. Huber

Abstract

The available information for the thermal-conductivity enhancement is reviewed. We show that it can be represented by a simplified solution of the mode-coupling theory of critical dynamics with two critical amplitudes and one cutoff wave number as fluid-specific parameters. Using corresponding states we correlate these fluid specific parameters in terms of their dependence on the acentric factor. We are thus able to present a universal representation of the critical enhancement of the thermal conductivity for a large number of molecular fluids.
Citation
International Journal of Thermophysics
Volume
34
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-013-1409-z

Keywords

Acentric factor, Correlation length, Corresponding states, Critical amplitudes, Critical dynamics, Mode-coupling theory, Thermal conductivity, Thermal diffusivity
Thermochemical properties and Condensed matter

Citation

Perkins, R. , Sengers, J. , Abdulagatov, I. and Huber, M. (2013), Critical thermal-conductivity enhancement in molecular fluids, International Journal of Thermophysics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-013-1409-z (Accessed December 10, 2024)

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Created March 2, 2013, Updated November 10, 2018