Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer

Nomenclature

The following is not a complete list of symbols used. In fact, symbols are explained whenever they appear in the text.

Notation	Meaning
A, Ac	Area, Area of cross section
C	Specific heat, mass concentration
Ch, Cc	Capacity rates of hot and cold fluids in a heat exchanger
cp, cv	Specific heat at constant pressure and constant volume
D, d	Diameter
D	Diffusion coefficient
E	Energy or emissive power
Eb	Emissive power of black body
Ebλ	Monochromatic emissive power
F	Force
F12	View factor from surface-1 to surface-2
f	Friction coefficient or function
g(or a)	Acceleration due to gravity (or, acceleration)
h	Heat transfer coefficient or head of fluid
hfg	Latent heat
I	Intensity of radiation
J	Joule's ...