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  2. Thermal conduction - Wikipedia

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    Thermal conduction is the diffusion of thermal energy (heat) within one material or between materials in contact. The higher temperature object has molecules with more kinetic energy; collisions between molecules distributes this kinetic energy until an object has the same kinetic energy throughout.

  3. Heat equation - Wikipedia

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    In general, the study of heat conduction is based on several principles. Heat flow is a form of energy flow, and as such it is meaningful to speak of the time rate of flow of heat into a region of space. The time rate of heat flow into a region V is given by a time-dependent quantity q t (V).

  4. Heat transfer - Wikipedia

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    Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy between physical systems. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as thermal conduction, thermal convection, thermal radiation, and transfer of energy by phase changes.

  5. List of thermal conductivities - Wikipedia

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    860 Silicone Heat Transfer Compound: 0.66 8616 Super Thermal Grease II: 1.78 8617 Super thermal Grease III: 1.0 List, MG Chemicals [87] 233.15—473.15 205.15—438.15 205.15—438.15: These thermal greases have low electrical conductivity and their volume resistivities are 1.5⋅10 15, 1.8⋅10 11, and 9.9⋅10 9 Ω⋅cm for 860, 8616 and 8617 ...

  6. Thermal conductance and resistance - Wikipedia

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    It quantifies how effectively a material can resist the transfer of heat through conduction, convection, and radiation. It has the units square metre kelvins per watt (m 2 ⋅K/W) in SI units or square foot degree Fahrenheit–hours per British thermal unit (ft 2 ⋅°F⋅h/Btu) in imperial units. The higher the thermal insulance, the better a ...

  7. Heisler chart - Wikipedia

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    In thermal engineering, Heisler charts are a graphical analysis tool for the evaluation of heat transfer in transient, one-dimensional conduction. [1] They are a set of two charts per included geometry introduced in 1947 by M. P. Heisler [2] which were supplemented by a third chart per geometry in 1961 by H. Gröber.

  8. Convection (heat transfer) - Wikipedia

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    Convection (or convective heat transfer) is the transfer of heat from one place to another due to the movement of fluid. Although often discussed as a distinct method of heat transfer, convective heat transfer involves the combined processes of conduction (heat diffusion) and advection (heat transfer by bulk fluid flow ).

  9. Thermal contact conductance - Wikipedia

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    Thermal contact resistance is significant and may dominate for good heat conductors such as metals but can be neglected for poor heat conductors such as insulators. [2] Thermal contact conductance is an important factor in a variety of applications, largely because many physical systems contain a mechanical combination of two materials.