heat transfer vocablary Flashcards

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law of conversation and energy

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed ( under normal conditions)

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Heat

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Thermal energy that flows through a difference in temprature . Heat flows from hot to cold .

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Heat transfer

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A method in which heat flows
1 Conduction
2 convection
3 radiation

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4
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Conduction

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heat transfer within or between solid objects

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5
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convection

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heat transfer into or out of fluids

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6
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radiation

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heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances even empty space

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insulator

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a material through which energy ( electrical, thermal or sound) can not be transfared easily

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conductor

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a material through which energy ( electrical , thermal or sound ) can be transfered easily

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9
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temprature

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the measure of average of all particles

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10
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thermal energy

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the total energy of all particles in an object

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