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  2. Newton's law of cooling - Wikipedia

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    The statement of Newton's law used in the heat transfer literature puts into mathematics the idea that the rate of heat loss of a body is proportional to the difference in temperatures between the body and its surroundings. For a temperature-independent heat transfer coefficient, the statement is:

  3. List of thermal conductivities - Wikipedia

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    List: Formula values (6), page 10, Robertson. [31] 300 *5 MPa is 5 ⋅ 10 6 Pascals or 5 ⋅ 10 6 Newtons per meter 2 or about fifty atmospheres pressure. *Solidity ≡ the ratio of the volume of solid to the bulk volume, or the ratio of bulk density to solid grain density d B /d G. Symbols: % v is percent by volume. Rock, mafic igneous: Air in ...

  4. Thermal conduction - Wikipedia

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    An example of a new source of heat "turning on" within an object, causing transient conduction, is an engine starting in an automobile. In this case, the transient thermal conduction phase for the entire machine is over, and the steady-state phase appears, as soon as the engine reaches steady-state operating temperature .

  5. Thermal conductivity and resistivity - Wikipedia

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    For instance, metals typically have high thermal conductivity and are very efficient at conducting heat, while the opposite is true for insulating materials such as mineral wool or Styrofoam. Correspondingly, materials of high thermal conductivity are widely used in heat sink applications, and materials of low thermal conductivity are used as ...

  6. Table of thermodynamic equations - Wikipedia

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    Quantity (common name/s) (Common) symbol/s Defining equation SI unit Dimension Temperature gradient: No standard symbol K⋅m −1: ΘL −1: Thermal conduction rate, thermal current, thermal/heat flux, thermal power transfer

  7. Thermal conductance and resistance - Wikipedia

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    In our example, the heat has to flow from the junction to the case of the transistor, then from the case to the metalwork. We do not need to consider where the heat goes after that, because we are told that the metalwork will conduct heat fast enough to keep the temperature less than Δ T H S {\displaystyle \Delta T_{\rm {HS}}} above ambient ...

  8. Exothermic reaction - Wikipedia

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    As an example in everyday life, hand warmers make use of the oxidation of iron to achieve an exothermic reaction: 4Fe + 3O 2 → 2Fe 2 O 3 Δ H ⚬ = - 1648 kJ/mol A particularly important class of exothermic reactions is combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel, e.g. the burning of natural gas:

  9. Thermal diffusivity - Wikipedia

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    It is a measure of the rate of heat transfer inside a material and has SI units of m 2 /s. It is an intensive property. Thermal diffusivity is usually denoted by lowercase alpha (α), but a, h, κ , [2] K, [3], D, are also used. The formula is: [4] = where