TABLE 1.

Data sets considered for the thermal conductivity of liquid copper at 0.1 MPa

First author	Publ. year	Ref.	Puritya (mass %)	Technique employedb	Uncertainty quoted (%)	No. of data	Temp. Range (K)	Form of datac
Previous reference correlation/values
Mills	1996	[11]				-	1348–1780	E
Touloukian	1970	[10]			3–5	10	1355–2400	P
Primary data
Baba	2012	[25]	99.99	Electromagnetic levitation	10	24	1382–1665	D
Cusco	2002	[22]	99.98	Laser flash (TD)	12	132	1356–1435	D
Zinovyev	1994	[62]	99.99	Temperature wave (TD)	5	4	1364–1425	D
Tye	1979	[9]	HP	Guarded heat flow	10	7	1373–1673	P
Secondary data
Shibata	2002	[55]	-	Laser flash (TD)	30	1	1408	D
Filippov	1973	[63]	-	Temperature wave (TD)	-	6	1367–1760	D
Fieldhouse	1956	[43]	99.99	Guarded heat flow	2	7	1361–1761	P

^aHP = High Purity grade

^bTD = thermal diffusivity measurement,

^cD = diagram, E = equation, P = table data