Heat Transfer Vocabulary Flashcards

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Law of conservation of energy

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energy cannot be created or destroyed just transformed (under normal conditions)

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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

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Heat transfer

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A method by which heat flows (conduction convection radiation)

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conduction

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heat transfer within or between solid object

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convection

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heat transfer into or out of fluids

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radiation

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heat transfer due to packets of energy called photons that can travel through many substances, even empty space

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insulator

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a material through which energy (electrical, thermal or sound) cannot be easily transferred

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conductor

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a material through which energy (electrical, thermal, or sound) can be easily transferred

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temperature

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the measure of the average speed of all particles

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thermal energy

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the total energy of all particles in an object

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