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Thermal conductance (G=1/Rth​)

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Thermal conductance is the heat transfer rate divided by the driving temperature difference in a linear contact model. It is the reciprocal of thermal resistance, with units WK−1; thus Q˙​=G(T1​−T2​) for heat transferred from body 1 to body 2.

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