thermodynamic material property
thermodynamic property of a material
enthalpy of vaporization
energy required to convert a liquid substance to a gas
Schmidt number
for a fluid, quotient of kinematic viscosity and diffusion coefficient
volumetric heat capacity
thermal quality
heat resistance of plants
property
surface tension
tendency of a liquid surface to shrink to reduce surface area
electrical conductance
reciprocal of electrical resistance
tensegrity
structural principle using compressed components (which do not touch each other) inside a network of continuous tension
coefficient of thermal expansion
material property which describes how the size of an object changes with a change in temperature
combustibility
ability of a substance to burn in air
propagation coefficient
complex measure of the attenuation (real part) and phase angle (imaginary part) along the path travelled by a plane wave
molar heat capacity
intensive quantity, heat capacity per amount of substance
elasticity
physical property when materials or objects return to original shape after deformation
specific heat capacity
intensive quantity, heat capacity per mass
mass diffusivity
proportionality constant in some physical laws
heat of combustion
quantity measuring the energy per unit of mass or volume that some substance releases upon oxidation
Graetz number for heat transfer
characteristic number for the relation between heat transfer by convection and conduction in a laminar flow in a pipe
elongation at break
also known as fracture strain, is the ratio between changed length and initial length after breakage of the test specimen. It expresses the capability of a material to resist changes of shape without crack formation.
heat capacity
thermal property describing the energy required to change a material's temperature
Lewis number
quotient of thermal diffusivity and diffusion coefficient for a fluid
thermal resistance
materials' ability to withstand heat without incurring deformation or other physical change
Thermolabile
chemical property of substances
thermal insulance
inverse of the heat transfer coefficient
structural robustness
ability of a structure to withstand physical strain
compressive strength
capacity of a material or structure to withstand loads tending to reduce size, which withstands loads tending to elongate
thermal conductivity
capacity of a material to conduct heat
Pitting Resistance Equivalent Number
predictive measurement of a stainless steels resistance to localized pitting corrosion
Abbe number
material dispersion property
flammability
ability to easily ignite in air at ambient temperatures
thermal diffusivity
physical quantity that measures the rate of transfer of heat of a material from the hot side to the cold side
electrical conductivity
physical quantity and property of material describing how readily a given material allows the flow of electric current
electrical resistivity and conductivity
measure of a substance's ability to resist or conduct electric current
enthalpy of fusion
enthalpy
brittleness
material tendency to break from stress without significant plastic deformation
Red-short
brittleness in steel at high temperature
enthalpy of atomization
enthalpy change that accompanies the total separation of all atoms in a chemical substance (either a chemical element or a chemical compound
pressure
Stress state of the body (strength of materials)
elasticity
generic term for the elasticity of objects
freeze thaw resistance
the property of solids to resist cyclic freezing and melting