Thermal conductivity of Rb 73 Bi 27 alloy in liquid state

Using the laser flash method the thermal conductivity of the Rb-Bi liquid alloy with a bismuth content of 27 at. % was measured in the temperature range from the liquidus point to 1173 K. Approximation equations for thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity have been obtained, and a table of reference data has been developed. An analysis of the measurement results confirms the existing assumption of the presence of intermetallic complexes with a partially ionic nature of the interatomic interaction in Rb-Bi melts.