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The influence of convection on heat transfer in liquid tin

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Heat flow through liquid tin has been measured with convective flow present in the melt. The results indicate that heat flow in the melt is enhanced by a factor of 9.6 due to this fluid flow, as compared to heat flow through a stagnant melt. The enhancement factor was found to be essentially constant at temperature differences greater than 4 °C across the melt. This is shown to be due to a constant fluid flow rate at higher temperature differences. It is noted that the thermal flow through a convective melt can be strongly limited by the thermal resistance of the container walls along the heat flow path.

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  1. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of British Columbia, V6T 1W5, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    C. Harrison (Research Scientist) & F. Weinberg (Professor and Head)

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Harrison, C., Weinberg, F. The influence of convection on heat transfer in liquid tin. Metall Trans B 16, 355–357 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02679727

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