heat transfer vocablerary Flashcards
laws of conversation of energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed (under normal conditions)
heat
the thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temperature. the heat that flows from hot to cold
thermal energy
the total energy of all particles in an object
heat transfer
a method that heat flows (conduction, convection, radiation)
condition
heat transfer within or between solid objects
Convention
heat transfer into or out of fluids
radiation
heat transfer due to packs of energy called photons that can travel
insulator
materiel through wich energy (electrical, thermal or sound) cannot easily be transferred
conductor
a material which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) can be easily transferred
temperature
the measure of the average speed of all particles