heat transfer vocablary Flashcards
(10 cards)
law of conversation and energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed ( under normal conditions)
Heat
Thermal energy that flows through a difference in temprature . Heat flows from hot to cold .
Heat transfer
A method in which heat flows
1 Conduction
2 convection
3 radiation
Conduction
heat transfer within or between solid objects
convection
heat transfer into or out of fluids
radiation
heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances even empty space
insulator
a material through which energy ( electrical, thermal or sound) can not be transfared easily
conductor
a material through which energy ( electrical , thermal or sound ) can be transfered easily
temprature
the measure of average of all particles
thermal energy
the total energy of all particles in an object