thermal conductivity
capacity of a material to conduct heat
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Summary
thermal conductivity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,468 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: physical quantity[2], thermodynamic material property[3], scalar quantity[4]
- Commons category: Heat conduction[5], Thermal conductivity[6]
- Opposite of: thermal resistivity[7]
- Facet of: thermal conduction[8]
- Described by source: ISO 80000-5:2007 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[9], ISO 80000-5:2019 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[10]
- Main Wikidata property: P2068[11]
- Different from: thermal diffusivity[12], thermal conduction[13], thermal conductance[14], thermal conductivity tensor[15]
- Studied by: materials science[16], thermodynamics[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[19]
- Recommended unit of measurement: watt per metre kelvin[20], kilogram metre per cubic second kelvin[21]
Why It Matters
thermal conductivity has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]