Heat Conduction of Pressurized Helium?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:51 am
Does the heat conduction of helium improve as it is pressurized?
Hi Scott,
It's real simple if you think of it in these terms.
If you double the pressure, you are doubling the total amount of the gas molecuels contained. With twice the number of molecules, you can move twice the amount of heat.
It dosen't matter what gas you are talking about. Its a linear scale with the amount of heat perportional to the amount of gas.
Helium, however, will carry more heat than air, for the same volume and pressure.
Rick