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Heat Transfer

Science — Second Preparatory

Heat Transfer

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Lesson summary

Comparison aspectMain ideaKeywords
Conduction
  • heat passes from particle to particle by collisions. It happens mainly in solids
  • and metals are the best conductors
heatpassesparticlecollisions
Convectionheat is carried by the movement of the particles of a liquid or gas because of differences in densityheatcarriedmovementparticles
Radiationheat travels by electromagnetic waves. It happens in a vacuum and in all mediaheattravelselectromagneticwaves
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  • Dark rough surfaces absorb radiation more
  • and shiny surfaces reflect it
Darkroughsurfacesabsorb
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