TABLE 4.

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

First author	Publ. year	Ref.	Purity (mass %)	Technique employeda	Uncertainty quoted (%)	No. of data	Temp. Range (K)	Form of datab
Previous reference values
Touloukian	1970	[10]			3–8	8	1810–3000	P
Primary data
Sugie	2011	[57]	99.98	Electromagnetic levitation	5	12	1811–2049	D
Nishi	2003	[52]	99.80	Laser flash (TD)	3.3	16	1818–1869	D
Zinovyev	1986	[61]	99.99	Temperature wave (TD)	5	3	1817–1881	D
Ilinykh	1984	[60]	-	Temperature wave (TD)	5	3	1816–1838	D
Secondary data
Ostrovskii	1980	[69]	99.90	ns	20	1	1811	D

^aTD = thermal diffusivity measurement, ns = not stated,

^bD = diagram, P = table data