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Table 1

Some physical properties of the used materials.

Materials properties 316L AZ31 Nb A5754 Cu Fused quartz
aYb:YAG at 300Ka 0.28 0.08 0.13 0.06 0.04 <0.05
k at 300 K (W · m−1 · K−1) 16.3 156 53.7 237 401 1.46
Tmelting (K) 1648–1723 878–903 2750 883–902 1357 1830b
Tvaporization (K) 3013 1363 5017 2792 2835 2503
Lvap (kJ · mol−1) 340 127 697 294 300 283
a

Estimated for flat polished surfaces using equation (7).

b

Softening temperature.

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