Table 1 Thermo-physical properties, including base S.I. units, used in the thermal fluid dynamics simulations: density, ρ, kinematic viscosity, ν, thermal conductivity in the solid phase, ksolid, thermal conductivity in the fluid phase, kfluid, specific heat in the solid state, \({c}_{{p}_{\mathrm{solid}}}\), specific heat in the fluid state, \({c}_{{p}_{\mathrm{fluid}}}\), melting temperature, Tmelt, vapourisation temperature, Tvap, latent heat of fusion, Lfus, latent heat of vapourisation, Lvap, molar mass, m, thermal expansion coefficient, β.
Fe | Fevap | Ni | Nivap | Cr | Crvap | Mo | Movap | Ar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\(\rho \ \left[{\mathrm{kg}}\ {\mathrm{{m}}}^{-3}\right]\) | 7874 | 7.874 | 8908 | 8.908 | 7190 | 7.19 | 10280 | 10.28 | 1.4 |
\(\nu =\frac{\mu }{\rho }\ \left[{\mathrm{m}}^{2}\ {\mathrm{s}}^{-1}\right]\) | 1 × 10−6 | 5 × 10−6 | 1 × 10−6 | 5 × 10−6 | 1 × 10−6 | 5 × 10−6 | 1 × 10−6 | 5 × 10−6 | 1.48 × 10−5 |
\({k}_{solid}\ \left[{\mathrm{kg}}\ {\mathrm{m}}\ {\mathrm{s}}^{-3}\ {\mathrm{K}}^{-1}\right]\) | 80.4 | — | 90.9 | — | 94.0 | — | 138.0 | — | — |
\({k}_{fluid}\ \left[{\mathrm{kg}}\ {\mathrm{m}}\ {\mathrm{s}}^{-3}\ {\mathrm{K}}^{-1}\right]\) | 30.0 | 10.0 | 35.0 | 10.0 | 35.0 | 10.0 | 50.0 | 10.0 | 0.017 |
\({c}_{{p}_{solid}}\ \left[{\mathrm{m}}^{2}\ {\mathrm{s}}^{-2}\ {\mathrm{K}}^{-1}\right]\) | 456 | — | 450 | — | 450 | — | 250 | — | — |
\({c}_{{p}_{fluid}}\ \left[{\mathrm{m}}^{2}\ {\mathrm{s}}^{-2}\ {\mathrm{K}}^{-1}\right]\) | 820 | 1000 | 730 | 1000 | 940 | 1000 | 370 | 1000 | 521 |
\({T}_{melt}\ \left[{\mathrm{K}}\right]\) | 1810 | — | 1728 | — | 2180 | — | 2895 | — | 83 |
\({T}_{vap}\ \left[{\mathrm{K}}\right]\) | 3134 | 3134 | 3000 | 3000 | 2944 | 2944 | 4912 | 4912 | 87 |
\({L}_{fus}\ \left[{\mathrm{m}}^{2}\ {\mathrm{s}}^{-2}\right]\) | 2.7 × 105 | — | 2.97 × 105 | — | 4.04 × 105 | — | 1.44 × 105 | — | — |
\({L}_{vap}\ \left[{\mathrm{m}}^{2}\ {\mathrm{s}}^{-2}\right]\) | — | 6.09 × 106 | — | 6.52 × 106 | — | 6.67 × 106 | — | 4.15 × 106 | — |
\(m\ \left[{\mathrm{kg}}\ {\mathrm{mol}}^{-1}\right]\) | 0.055 | 0.055 | 0.058 | 0.058 | 0.052 | 0.052 | 0.096 | 0.096 | 0.04 |
\(\beta \ \left[{\mathrm{K}}^{-1}\right]\) | 1 × 10−5 | 5 × 10−4 | 1 × 10−5 | 5 × 10−4 | 1 × 10−5 | 5 × 10−4 | 1 × 10−5 | 5 × 10−4 | 5 × 10−4 |
