Thermal Physics

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Recommended: Chapter 15 thermal energy

Heat is the amount of how much kinetic energy (KE) or movement and the number of particles that goes with it (In class note taking, physics exercise book 2014). Heat flows from a warmer object to a cooler object, therefore heat will only flow if there is a change in temperature. In addition, heat can be transferred by a number of processes. These are: conduction, convection and radiation (In class note taking, physics exercise book 2014). Temperature is the speed of the particles, in other words average KE (In class note taking, physics exercise book 2014). Additionally, this is known as thermal physics. Thermal physics is the combination of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and kinetic theory. In other words, the study of heat, temperature and different types of heat transfer.

An experimental inquiry will be carried out to investigate how different types of colours and paint affect the amount of heat absorption in a can for 10 minutes.

Four cans were attained and were spray painted with 2 different paint types and colours: Matte black, glossy black, matte white and gl...

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