This page documents an OPTIMADE Property Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.httk.org/defs/v0.1/properties/transport/thermal_conductivity
Definition name: thermal_conductivity
Property name: Thermal conductivity
Description: The isotropic thermal conductivity, the mean of the diagonal of the thermal conductivity tensor, in watt per metre per kelvin (W m^-1 K^-1).
Obtained from Green-Kubo or Einstein relations.
A null value means the quantity is not available or not recorded.
Type: float
Implementation requirements:
- Support: OPTIONAL support in implementations, i.e., MAY be null.
Examples:
JSON definition:
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"description": "A unit of thermodynamic temperature using the current, or one of the historical, definitions of the SI units.\n\nThe current definition at the 26th CGPM Meeting in 2018, resolution 1 is: \"The kelvin, symbol K, is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to be 1.380649\u00d710\u207b\u00b2\u00b3 when expressed in the unit J\u22c5K\u207b\u00b9, which is equal to kg\u22c5m\u00b2\u22c5s\u207b\u00b2\u22c5K\u207b\u00b9, where the kilogram, metre and second are defined in terms of \\(h\\), \\(c\\) and \\(\\Delta \\nu_\\textrm{Cs}\\).\" [26th CGPM Meeting (2018), resolution 1].\n\nThe prior definition at the 13th CGPM Meeting in 1967, resolution 4, was: \"The kelvin, unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.\"\nThis definition changed the symbol and rephrased the definition of the unit \"degree Kelvin\" from the 10th CGPM meeting in 1954: \"The 10th Conf\u00e9rence G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Poids et Mesures decides to define the thermodynamic temperature scale by choosing the triple point of water as the fundamental fixed point, and assigning to it the temperature 273.16 degrees Kelvin, exactly.\"\n\nThis is a generalized definition taken to reference the current, or one of the historical, SI unit definitions.\nThis definition is intended for situations when it is not possible to be more precise, e.g., in contexts where data have been collected that uses different historical SI definitions.",
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"description": "The isotropic thermal conductivity, the mean of the diagonal of the thermal conductivity tensor, in watt per metre per kelvin (W m^-1 K^-1).\nObtained from Green-Kubo or Einstein relations.\nA null value means the quantity is not available or not recorded."
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