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Thermal accommodation coefficient of gases on controlled solid surfaces: Argon-tungsten system

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The knowledge of the thermal accommodation coefficient for gases on well-controlled surfaces as a function of temperature is imperative to understanding the mechanism of interphase heat transfer on the microscopic level. With this goal in view, a heat transfer column instrument is designed, fabricated, assembled, and tested for the specific case a argon—tungsten system. With 99.9999%, pure argon, six sets of data are taken in the rarefied gas region in the maximum temperature range of 500–1500 K. Four sets of these measurements are in the temperature-jump region and are analyzed by the constant-power method to compute the thermal accommodation coefficient of argon on a controlled tungsten surface. The other two sets are taken under free-molecular flow conditions and are interpreted in accordance with the man-free-path kinetic theory for the low-pressure regime. These data are compared and discussed in the context of reported data in the literature and interpreted in the light of the surface condition and finish of the tungsten wire.

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Abbreviations

A :

area of the solid surface

C j :

constants in Eq. (3); j=0, 1, 2, 3, and 4

E i :

incident energy flux

E r :

reflected energy flux

E s :

reflected energy flux when the interaction between the gas and the solid atoms is complete

g :

temperature-jump distance

L :

half-length of the metal wire

M :

molecular weight of the gas

P :

gas pressure

Q H :

total thermal energy conducted by the gas per unit time from the hot surface

QKT :

total thermal energy conducted by the gas per unit time if the striking gas molecules were to attain thermal equilibrium with the hot surface

R :

molar gas constant

r :

radial coordinate

r f :

radius of the hot wire

S :

sticking coefficient

So :

initial sticking coefficient

T :

temperature

T e :

linearly extrapolated gas temperature on the hot-wire surface

T g :

temperature of the impinging gas molecules

T H :

temperature of the hot surface

T i :

temperature of the incident gas stream

T r :

temperature of the gas molecules receding after collision with the solid surface

T s :

temperature of the solid surface

α :

thermal accommodation coefficient for the gas—solid surface

ρ :

resistivity of the metal wire

θ:

gas coverage on the solid surface

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Saxena, S.C., Afshar, R. Thermal accommodation coefficient of gases on controlled solid surfaces: Argon-tungsten system. Int J Thermophys 6, 143–163 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00500028

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