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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem Ref Data. 2017 Aug 8;46(3):033101. doi: 10.1063/1.4991518

TABLE 4.

Data sets considered for the thermal conductivity of liquid silicon 0.1 MPa

First author Publ. year Puritya (mass %) Technique employedb Uncertainty quoted (%) No. of data Temp. Range (K) Form of datac
Previous reference correlation/values
 Mills13 1996 - - 1 1687 P
Primary data
Kobatake37 2010 - Electromagnetic levitation 7 10 1702–1945 P
Magomedov38 2008 - Guarded heat flow - Concentric cylinders 6 5 1708–1803 D
Nishi31 2003 - Laser flash (TD) 7.7 6 1684–1705 D
Yamasue32 2002 HP Transient hot wire 5 3 1700–1724 P
Takasuka33 1995 - Laser flash (TD) - 13 1694–1785 D
Yamamoto39 1991 - Laser flash (TD) 2 7 1692–1724 D
Secondary data
Inatomi40 2007 99.9999 Electromagnetic levitation 20 22 1700–1958 D
Nagai41 2000 99.9999 Hot disk (Normal gravity) 3.2 5 1688–1723 D
Nagai41 2000 99.9999 Hot disk (Microgravity) 3.2 3 1688–1713 D
a

HP = High Purity grade

b

TD = thermal diffusivity measurement

c

D = diagram, P = tabulated experimental data