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quantitykind:ThermalConductivity

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rdf:type qudt:QuantityKind
dcterms:description In physics, thermal conductivity, \(k\) (also denoted as \(\lambda\)), is the property of a material's ability to conduct heat. It appears primarily in Fourier's Law for heat conduction and is the areic heat flow rate divided by temperature gradient.
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qudt:dbpediaMatch http://dbpedia.org/resource/Thermal_conductivity
qudt:expression \(thermal-k\)
qudt:hasDimensionVector qkdv:A0E0L1I0M1H-1T-3D0
qudt:informativeReference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_conductivity
qudt:latexDefinition \(\lambda = \frac{\varphi}{T}\), where \(\varphi\) is areic heat flow rate and \(T\) is temperature gradient.
qudt:latexSymbol \(\lambda\)
qudt:siExactMatch si-quantity:TCON
qudt:wikidataMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q487005
rdfs:comment “Applicable units are those of quantitykind:ThermalConductivity”
rdfs:isDefinedBy http://qudt.org/3.1.11/vocab/quantitykind
rdfs:label “Thermal Conductivity”@en
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