Heat Transfer Flashcards
1
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Law of conservation of energy
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Energy can not be created or destroyed just transformed (Under normal conditions.)
2
Q
Heat
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Thermal energy that flow due to a change in temperature. Heat flows from hot to cold..
3
Q
Heat transfer
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A method in which heat flows.
4
Q
Conduction
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Heat transfer within or between solid objects.
5
Q
Convection
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Heat transfer in or out of fluids.
6
Q
Radiation
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Heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even space.
7
Q
Insulator
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A material through which energy can’t easily travel through.
8
Q
Conductor
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A material in which energy can easily be transferred through.
9
Q
Temperature
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The measure of all the average speed of particles.
10
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Thermal Energy
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The total energy of all the particles in an object.
