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heat flux  

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  • Heat flux or thermal flux, sometimes also referred to as heat flux density, heat-flow density or heat flow rate intensity is a flow of energy per unit of area per unit of time. In SI its units are watts per square metre (W/m²). (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_flux)

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