Heat Transfer Vocab Flashcards
1
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Law of conservation of energy
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Energy can not be created or destroyed just transformed
2
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Heat
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Thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. Heat flows from hot to cold
3
Q
Heat transfer
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A method by which heat flows
4
Q
conduction
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Heat transfer within or between solid objects
5
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convection
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Heat transfer in or out of fluids
6
Q
Radiation
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Heat transferred due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances even space
7
Q
Insulator
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A material in which energy cannot be easily transferred
8
Q
conductor
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A material in which energy can be easily transferred
9
Q
Temperature
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The measure of the average speed of all particles
10
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Thermal energy
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The total energy of all particles in an object
