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Conductance
Conductance
can refer to:
Electrical conductance
, the
reciprocal
of
electrical resistance
. Its
SI
unit is the
siemens
, also known as the
mho
. This term should not be confused with "
electrical conduction
," the movement of electrons through material.
Thermal conductance
, the reciprocal of
thermal resistance
. This term should not be confused with "
thermal conduction
," the movement of heat through a material.
Conductance (probability)
is a tool used to bound the rate of convergence of
Markov chains
.
01-04-2007 01:18:14
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