An experimental arrangement for measuring the thermal conductivity of solid materials involves the use of two long
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An experimental arrangement for measuring the thermal conductivity of solid materials involves the use of two long rods that are equivalent in every respect, except that one is fabricated from a standard material of known thermal conductivity \(k_{\mathrm{A}}\) while the other is fabricated from the material whose thermal conductivity \(k_{\mathrm{B}}\) is desired. Both rods are attached at one end to a heat source of fixed temperature \(T_{b}\), are exposed to a fluid of temperature \(T_{\infty}\), and are instrumented with thermocouples to measure the temperature at a fixed distance \(x_{1}\) from the heat source. If the standard material is aluminum, with \(k_{\mathrm{A}}=180 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m} \cdot \mathrm{K}\), and measurements reveal values of \(T_{\mathrm{A}}=77^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and \(T_{\mathrm{B}}=62^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) at \(x_{1}\) for \(T_{b}=100^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and \(T_{\infty}=25^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\), what is the thermal conductivity \(k_{\mathrm{B}}\) of the test material?
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Fundamentals Of Heat And Mass Transfer
ISBN: 9781119220442
8th Edition
Authors: Theodore L. Bergman, Adrienne S. Lavine