Heat Transfer Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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law of conservation of energy
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energy can not be created nor destroyed only transformed.
2
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heat
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thermal energy that flows due to a difference in temp. heat flows from hot to cold
3
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heat transfer
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a method by witch heat flows conduction convection ration
4
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conduction
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heat transfer within or between solid objects
5
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convection
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heat transfer into or out of fluids
6
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radiation
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heat transfers due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances even empty space.
7
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insulater
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a material through which energy cannot be easily transferred
8
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conductor
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a material through which energy can be easily transferred
9
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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 particals in an object
