.GNU_ScientificLibrary.Examples.specfunc.CopperSpecHeat

Copper Specific Heat

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Warming a lump of copper via convection. The heat-transfer modeling is rather simplistic... 


But the main feature here -- namely, the temperature-dependent heat capacity -- is still thereby revealed (see below). Note the cv~T3-behavior for low temperatures, accurately predicted in the Debye model (for high-T, this correctly turns over to an approach to a constant). Note also the relatively small contribution from the conduction electrons (well approximated by a gas of degenerate fermions), which, despite not holding much heat, contribute significantly to its quick transport. (See also the Physics.DebyeEoS and Physics.FermiDiracEoS blocks.)



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