Effective thermal conductivity of frost during the crystal growth period

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 539-553

  Sahin, Ahmet Z ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBLIMATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FROST COLUMNS; FROST FORMATION; ICE CRYSTALS; VAPOR DIFFUSION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

CRYOGENICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ICE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0033576221     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00162-3     Document Type: Article

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