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Thermal conductivity of inert gases over a wide temperature range

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We present the results of correcting and correlating experimental data on the thermal conductivity of inert gases in the temperature range 90–6000°K.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp, 788–795, November, 1982.

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Shashkov, A.G., Nesterov, N.A. & Kolenchits, O.A. Thermal conductivity of inert gases over a wide temperature range. Journal of Engineering Physics 43, 1253–1260 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826548

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