Energy and heat transfer Flashcards
law of conservation of energy
energy can not be created or destroyed just transformed(under normal conditions
heat
thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature heat flows from hot to cold
heat transfer
a method by which heat flows (conditions, convection , radiations
conduction
heat transfers within or between solid objects
convection
heat transfer into or out of fluid
radiation
heat transfers due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances even empty space
insulator
a material though which energy (eletral, thermal , sound cannot be easily transferred
conductor
a material though which energy (eletral, thermal , sound can be easily transferred
temperature
the measure of the average speed of all partials
thermal energy
the total energy of all particles in a object