Liquid thermal conductivity research at Moscow University

Abstract The paper is a brief review of works relating to thermal conductivities of liquids which have been carried out at the Moscow University. Nine essentially new experimental methods are described in the paper. Thermal conductivities of eighty-three organic liquids are reported. The laws are discussed of the dependence of thermal conductivity on the concentration and temperature of solutions including the cases of liquid binary systems in the critical region. The behaviour of thermal conductivity of liquids under super-subcooling and crystallization is presented. A brief discussion of thermal conductivities of liquid metals is given.