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What is thermal conductivity?

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Thermal conductivity is a material property describing the ability to conduct heat. Thermal conductivity can be defined as "the quantity of heat transmitted through a unit thickness of a material - in a direction normal to a surface of a unit area - due to a unit temperature gradient under steady state conditions".

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