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Descriptor English: Thermal Conductivity
Descriptor Spanish: Conductividad Térmica
Descriptor conductividad térmica
Entry term(s) transferencia de calor
Scope note: Flujo de calor a través de una superficie por unidad de área y unidad de tiempo, dividido por la tasa negativa de variación de la temperatura con alejamiento en una dirección perpendicular a la superficie en cuestión. ( McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Condutividade Térmica
Descriptor French: Conductivité thermique
Entry term(s): Coefficient of Conductivity
Conductivity, Heat
Conductivity, Thermal
Heat Conductivity
Heat Transference
Tree number(s): G01.906.730
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013814
Scope note: The heat flow across a surface per unit area per unit time, divided by the negative of the rate of change of temperature with distance in a direction perpendicular to the surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Heat (1966-1970)
Physics (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(71)
DeCS ID: 14191
Unique ID: D013814
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Thermal Conductivity - Preferred
Concept UI M0021299
Scope note The heat flow across a surface per unit area per unit time, divided by the negative of the rate of change of temperature with distance in a direction perpendicular to the surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Preferred term Thermal Conductivity
Entry term(s) Coefficient of Conductivity
Conductivity, Heat
Conductivity, Thermal
Heat Conductivity
Heat Transference - Narrower
Concept UI FD00061129
Preferred term Heat Transference



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