thermal conductivity
capacity of a material to conduct heat
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thermal conductivity
Summary
thermal conductivity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,306 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- thermal conductivity is a type of physical quantity[2].
- thermal conductivity is a type of thermodynamic material property[3].
- thermal conductivity is a type of scalar quantity[4].
- thermal conductivity's Commons category is recorded as Heat conduction[5].
- thermal conductivity's Commons category is recorded as Thermal conductivity[6].
- thermal conductivity is the opposite of thermal resistivity[7].
- thermal conductivity's facet of is recorded as thermal conduction[8].
- thermal conductivity's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-5:2007 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[9].
- thermal conductivity's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-5:2019 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[10].
- thermal conductivity's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2068[11].
- thermal conductivity's different from is recorded as thermal diffusivity[12].
- thermal conductivity's different from is recorded as thermal conduction[13].
- thermal conductivity's different from is recorded as thermal conductance[14].
- thermal conductivity's different from is recorded as thermal conductivity tensor[15].
- thermal conductivity's studied by is recorded as materials science[16].
- thermal conductivity's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[17].
- thermal conductivity's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].
- thermal conductivity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].
- thermal conductivity's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as watt per metre kelvin[20].
- thermal conductivity's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as kilogram metre per cubic second kelvin[21].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include physical quantity[2], thermodynamic material property[3], and scalar quantity[4]. thermal conductivity is the opposite of thermal resistivity[7].
Why It Matters
thermal conductivity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,306 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]