Heat Conduction
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- Heat Conduction
- Conduction of Heat - Occurs mainly in solids.
- Conduction of heat energy is the process by which vibrating particles pass on their extra kinetic energy to neighbouring particles
- The process continues throughout the solid and gradually some of the kinetic energy is passed all the way through the solid causing a rise in temperature.
- Metals are good conductors because they have free electrons
- Metals conduct so well because the electrons are free to move inside the metal.
- At the 'hot end' the electrons move faster and collide with other electrons transferring energy.
- These electrons pass on their electrons to the next electrons and so on and so forth.
- Because the electrons can move freely, this is obviously a much faster way of transferring the energy.
- This is why heat energy travels so fast in metals.
- Conduction of Heat - Occurs mainly in solids.
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