Table 2 Table outlines thermal and material properties of the Silicone oil sample that was used to perform the current study (Shin Etsu Silicone-Global, http://www.shinetsusilicone-global.com/catalog/).

From: Coexisting Ordered States, Local Equilibrium-like Domains, and Broken Ergodicity in a Non-turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection at Steady-state

Kinematic Viscosity ν (cSt)

Density ρ (Kg/m3)

Thermal Conductivity k (W/m − K)

Specific Heat \({{\boldsymbol{c}}}_{{{\boldsymbol{p}}}_{{\boldsymbol{oil}}}}\) (J/Kg − K)

Thermal Diffusivity α (m2/s)

Compressibility βT (m2/N)

150

970

0.16

1500

1.099 × 10−7

9.5 × 10−4

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