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Homework Statement
Evening everybody. I am attempting to devise an experiment in order to measure the thermal diffusivity of ice and water.
Imagine 3 brass plates, with water held between them, in approximately a 1mm gap (dx) by surface tension.
The 3 plates have thermocouples between them in order to tell the difference in temperature between them. The part I am miffed about is how to obtain the diffusivity from this measurement.
I have been given this equation to link them, but I am struggling to find where it came from and the significance if the d2T/dx2
d2T/dx2=T1-2T2/dx2+T3
Homework Equations
dQ/dT=-D dH/dx
The Attempt at a Solution
This is not really appropriate, as the above is an experiment plan which I have devised, I just need the final link! I apologise for not using the exact format, but any ideas or leads for me to follow up would be greatly appreciated, I've come to a dead end.
Thankyou in advance.