Research Article

Numerical Study of Buoyancy Convection of Air under Permanent Magnetic Field and Comparison with That under Gravity Field

Table 2

Parameters and constants (300 K, 1 atm).

Acceleration coefficient of gravity 9.8 m/s2
Prandtl number (Pr)0.702
Density of gas at 300 K 1.177 kg/m3
Kinematic viscosity of gas 15.718 × 10−6 m2/s
Viscosity of gas 18.5 × 10−6 Pa·s
Conduction coefficient 2.646 × 10−2 W/(m·K)
Thermal diffusivity of gas 22.45 × 10−6 m2/s
Mass magnetic susceptibility of oxygen ()1.738 × 10−6 m3/kg
Cold wall temperature 300.0 K
Volumetric coefficient of expansion of gas 1/300.0  (1/K)
Magnetic permeability of free space   ×  10−7 H/m