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Thermal diffusivity
A number that characterises the rate of molecular diffusion of heat in a liquid. In the temperature range from 0 to 30°C, this varies from 0.1809 to 0.284 cm2/s for air and from 0.0013 to 0.0015 cm2/s for water.
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