Measurements, Mechanisms, and Models of Heat Transport

Measurements, Mechanisms, and Models of Heat Transport in Condensed Matter offers an interdisciplinary approach to the composition, dynamics, and thermal evolution of planetary interiors. Using a combination of fundamentals, new developments in the research, and scientific and mathematical principles, this timely reference summarizes the state-of-the-art application of heat transport to geophysics.

Covering both microscopic and macroscopic phenomena of heat transport, Measurements, Mechanisms, and Models of Heat Transport in Condensed Matter offers both the fundamental knowledge and up-to-date measurements and models to encourage further improvements and lead to a better understanding of the interior, formation, and evolution of planetary bodies.

Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of the thermal evolution of large planetary bodies, including contributed chapters from leading experts in the fieldCombines state-of-the-art measurements and solutions with core principles to lead to a better understanding of Earth’s interior, formation, and evolutionOrganized in two parts, focusing first on microscopic aspects of heat transport and the physical principles underlying it, and then covering macroscopic phenomena as they pertain to deciphering the thermal structure of planetary bodiesIncludes access to a companion website with updated and recent data and in-text boxes highlighting future questions to ponder

1. The Macroscopic Picture of Heat Retained and Heat Emitted: Thermodynamics and its Historical Development 2. Macroscopic Analysis of the Flow of Energy into and through Matter from Spectroscopic Measurements and Electromagnetic Theory 3. The Macroscopic Picture of Diffusive Heat Flow at Low Energy 4. Methods used to Determine Heat Transport and Related Properties, with Comparisons 5. Reconciling the Kinetic Theory of Gas With Gas Transport Data 6. Transport Behavior of Common, Pourable Liquids: Evidence for Mechanisms other than Collisions 7. Thermal Diffusivity Data on Nonmetallic Crystalline Solids from Laser-Flash Analysis 8. A Macroscopic Model of Blackbody Emissions with Implications 9. Transport Properties of Metals, Alloys and Their Melts From LFA Measurements 10. Heat and Mass Transfer in Glassy and Molten Silicates 11. Modeling Diffusion of Heat in Solids 12. Conclusions and Future Work

Appendix A: Conventions, abbreviations, and variables used B: Guide to an electronic deposit of thermal diffusivity data C: Summary of the Literature on Heat Capacity and Density (or Thermal Expansivity) as a Function of Temperature