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  2. Thermal conduction - Wikipedia

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    Thermal conduction (power) is the heat per unit time transferred some distancebetween the two temperatures. κ is the thermal conductivity of the material. A is the cross-sectional area of the object. ΔT is the difference in temperature from one side to the other. ℓ is the length of the path the heat has to be transferred.

  3. Newton's law of cooling - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Newton's law of cooling. In the study of heat transfer, Newton's law of cooling is a physical law which states that the rate of heat loss of a body is directly proportional to the difference in the temperatures between the body and its environment. The law is frequently qualified to include the condition that the temperature ...

  4. Heat transfer - Wikipedia

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    A hot, less-dense lower boundary layer sends plumes of hot material upwards, and cold material from the top moves downwards. Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such ...

  5. Stefan–Boltzmann law - Wikipedia

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    The temperature Stefan obtained was a median value of previous ones, 1950 °C and the absolute thermodynamic one 2200 K. As 2.57 4 = 43.5, it follows from the law that the temperature of the Sun is 2.57 times greater than the temperature of the lamella, so Stefan got a value of 5430 °C or 5700 K. This was the first sensible value for the ...

  6. Thermodynamic temperature - Wikipedia

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    Thermodynamic temperature is a quantity defined in thermodynamics as distinct from kinetic theory or statistical mechanics.. Historically, thermodynamic temperature was defined by Lord Kelvin in terms of a macroscopic relation between thermodynamic work and heat transfer as defined in thermodynamics, but the kelvin was redefined by international agreement in 2019 in terms of phenomena that are ...

  7. Convection (heat transfer) - Wikipedia

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    A hot, less-dense material at the bottom moves upwards, and likewise, cold material from the top moves downwards. 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 ...

  8. Second law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    In addition, a reversible heat engine operating between temperatures T 1 and T 3 must have the same efficiency as one consisting of two cycles, one between T 1 and another (intermediate) temperature T 2, and the second between T 2 and T 3, where T 1 > T 2 > T 3.

  9. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    The force is proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them: [10] Diagram of two masses attracting one another = where F is the force between the masses; G is the Newtonian constant of gravitation (6.674 × 10 −11 m 3 ⋅kg −1 ⋅s −2);