TABLE 6.

Data sets considered for the thermal conductivity of liquid nickel 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 value
Mills	1996	[11]				1	1728	P
Primary data
Kobatake	2010	[58]	-	Electromagnetic levitation	-	15	1711–1983	D
Nishi	2003	[52]	-	Laser flash(TD)	3.3	34	1728–1868	D
Zinovyev	1986	[61]	99.90	Temperature wave (TD)	5	3	1739–1769	D
Secondary data
Nagata	2003	[17]	-	Transient hot wire	-	2	1789,1822	D
Ostrovskii	1980	[69]	99.90	ns	26	1	1728	P

^aTD = thermal diffusivity measurement, ns = not stated

^bD = diagram, P = table data