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  2. Grashof number - Wikipedia

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    β is the coefficient of volume expansion (equal to approximately 1/T for ideal gases) T s is the surface temperature; T ∞ is the bulk temperature; L is the vertical length; D is the diameter; ν is the kinematic viscosity. The L and D subscripts indicate the length scale basis for the Grashof number.

  3. Thermal expansion - Wikipedia

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    A number of materials contract on heating within certain temperature ranges; this is usually called negative thermal expansion, rather than "thermal contraction".For example, the coefficient of thermal expansion of water drops to zero as it is cooled to 3.983 °C (39.169 °F) and then becomes negative below this temperature; this means that water has a maximum density at this temperature, and ...

  4. Joule–Thomson effect - Wikipedia

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    This provides an expression for the Joule–Thomson coefficient in terms of the commonly available properties heat capacity, molar volume, and thermal expansion coefficient. It shows that the Joule–Thomson inversion temperature, at which μ J T {\displaystyle \mu _{\mathrm {JT} }} is zero, occurs when the coefficient of thermal expansion is ...

  5. Joule expansion - Wikipedia

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    The Joule expansion (a subset of free expansion) is an irreversible process in thermodynamics in which a volume of gas is kept in one side of a thermally isolated container (via a small partition), with the other side of the container being evacuated. The partition between the two parts of the container is then opened, and the gas fills the ...

  6. Van der Waals equation - Wikipedia

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    That is 8 times ⁠ ⁠, the volume of each particle of radius ⁠ / ⁠, but there are 2 particles which gives 4 times the volume per particle. The total excluded volume is then ⁠ = ⁠; that is, 4 times the volume of all the particles. Van der Waals and his contemporaries used an alternative, but equivalent, analysis based on the mean free ...

  7. Rayleigh number - Wikipedia

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    β is the thermal expansion coefficient (equals to 1/T, for ideal gases, where T is absolute temperature). is the kinematic viscosity; α is the thermal diffusivity; T s is the surface temperature; T ∞ is the quiescent temperature (fluid temperature far from the surface of the object) Gr x is the Grashof number for characteristic length x

  8. Thermal equation of state of solids - Wikipedia

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    To distinguish these two thermal expansion equations of state, the latter one is called pressure-dependent thermal expansion equation of state. To deveop the pressure-dependent thermal expansion equation of state, in an compression process at room temperature from (V 0, T 0, P 0) to (V 1, T 0,P 1), a general form of volume is expressed as

  9. Thermodynamic equations - Wikipedia

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    The Mayer relation states that the specific heat capacity of a gas at constant volume is slightly less than at constant pressure. This relation was built on the reasoning that energy must be supplied to raise the temperature of the gas and for the gas to do work in a volume changing case.