Table 1.

Thermo physical properties of water and alumina [16, 17].

	ρ (kg/m3)	Cp (J/kg K)	k (W/m K)	β x 10−5 (K−1)
Pure water (H2O)	998.3	4182	0.60	20.06
Alumina (Al2O3)	3970	765	40	0.85