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film coefficient

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film coefficient [′film ‚kō·i‚fish·ənt]
(thermodynamics)
For a fluid confined in a vessel, the rate of flow of heat out of the fluid, per unit area of vessel wall divided by the difference between the temperature in the interior of the fluid and the temperature at the surface of the wall. Also known as convection coefficient.
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