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Biot Number - Bi
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Ratio of the internal thermal resistance of a solid to the boundary layer thermal resistance
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Mass Transfer Biot Number - Bi(m)
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Ratio of the internal species transfer resistance to the boundary layer species transfer resistance
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Bond Number - Bo
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Ratio of gravitational and surface tension forces
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Coefficient of Friction - C(f)
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Dimensionless surface shear stress
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Eckert Number - Ec
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Kinetic energy of the flow relative to the boundary layer enthalpy difference
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Fourier Number - Fo
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Ratio of the heat conduction rate to the rate of thermal energy storage in a solid. Dimensionless time
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Mass Transfer Fourier Number - Fo(m)
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Ratio of the species diffusion rate to the rate of species storage
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Friction Factor - f
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Dimensionless pressure drop for internal flow
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Grashof Number - Gr(L)
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Measure of the ratio of buoyancy forces to viscous forces
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Colburn j Factor - j(H)
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Dimensionless heat transfer coefficient
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Colburn j Factor - j(m)
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Dimensionless mass transfer coefficient
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Jakob Number - Ja
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Ration of sensible to latent energy absorbed during the liquid-vapor phase change
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Lewis Number - Le
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Ratio of thermal and mass diffusivities
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Nusselt Number - Nu(L)
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Rati of convection to pure conduction heat transfer
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Peclet Number - Pe(L)
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Ratio of advection to conduction heat transfer rates
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