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Thermal resistance of contact with oxidized metal surfaces

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A model of an elementary heat channel is analyzed which simulates the zone of contact with an oxide film. An equation is derived which describes the increment of contact resistance due to the presence of an oxide film. The theoretical results agree closely with test data.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 701–707, October, 1973.

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Popov, V.M., Krasnoborod'ko, A.I. Thermal resistance of contact with oxidized metal surfaces. Journal of Engineering Physics 25, 1292–1297 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00834775

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