Physics textbooks define heat as the transfer of energy between a system and environment as consequences of different temperatures between them. Heat can be classified into three different types, which are latent heat, specific heat and sensible heat. These three different types of heat energy can be transferred in various ways such as through conduction, convection and radiation. The transfer of heat energy is important as it ensures that proper distribution occurs.
Latent heat is defined as the heat energy expended in changing the state of a body without raising its temperature, expressed in calories per gram (a modern dictionary of geography pg 149). Latent heat is important in maintaining and accelerating rising air currents of air in the earth’s atmosphere such as in cyclones. Cyclones develop due to heat and moisture and are sustained by the release of latent heat. Specific heat refers to the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance one degree Celsius. Sensible heat is the heat acquired by transfer from an object of higher temperature.
These various types of heat energy can be transferred in different forms such as conduction, convection and radiation. Conduction is the transfer of heat from one molecule to another within a substance. How fast this heat moves depends on the whether the material is a good conductor or not. Air is a poor conductor of heat so any form of heat transfer using conduction it is done near the earth’s surface. When heat is added to the molecule it starts to vibrate faster as this occurs temperatures rise and the molecules hit neighboring molecules hence transferring heat to cooler neighboring molecules.
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Thermodynamics is essentially how heat energy transfers from one substance to another. In “Joe Science vs. the Water Heater,” the temperature of water in a water heater must be found without measuring the water directly from the water heater. This problem was translated to the lab by providing heated water, fish bowl thermometers, styrofoam cups, and all other instruments found in the lab. The thermometer only reaches 45 degrees celsius; therefore, thermodynamic equations need to be applied in order to find the original temperature of the hot water. We also had access to deionized water that was approximately room temperature.
When there is a heat exchange between two objects, the object’s temperature will change. The rate at which this change will occur happens according to Newton’s Law of heating and cooling. This law states the rate of temperature change is directly proportional between the two objects. The data in this lab will exhibit that an object will stay in a state of temperature equilibrium, unless the object comes in contact with another object of a different temperature. Newton’s Law of Heat and Cooling can be understood by using this formula:
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Thermodynamic equilibrium leads to the large-scale definition of temperature, as opposed to the small-scale definition related to the kinetic energy of the molecules. The first law of thermodynamics relates the various forms of kinetic and potential energy in a system to the work which a system can do and to the transfer of heat. This law is sometimes taken as a definition internal energy, and introduces an extra state variable, enthalpy. The first law of thermodynamics allows for many possible states of a system to exist. But experience indicates that only certain states occur. This leads to the second law of thermodynamics and contrast between another state variable called entropy. The second law stipulates that the total entropy of a system plus its environment can not decrease; it can remain constant for a reversible process but must always increase for an irreversible process. Thermal energy is the energy a substance or system has due to its temperature, i.e., the energy of moving or vibrating molecule. Thermodynamics involves measuring this energy, which can "exceedingly complicated," according to David McKee, a professor of physics at Missouri Southern State University. "The systems that we study in thermodynamics … consist of very large numbers of atoms or molecules interacting in complicated ways. But, if these systems meet the right criteria, which we call equilibrium, discovered with a very small number of measurements or
Conduction, convection and radiation are the three methods through which heat can be transferred from one place to another. The (www.hyperphysics.com) first method is the conduction through which heat can be transferred from one object to another object. This process is defined as the heat is transmitted from one to another by the interaction of the atoms and the molecules. The atoms and the molecules of the body are physically attached to each other and one part of the body is at higher temperature to the other part or the body, the heat begins to transfer. A simple experiment through which conduction can be understood easily is as follows. First of all, take a metallic rod of any length. Hold the rod in the hand or at any stand made up of the insulator so that the heat does not transfer to the stand. Heat up the one end of the rod with the help of the spirit lamp. After sometime, touch the other end of the end, the other end of the becomes heated too and the temperature of the other end of the rod has also increased. Although only one end of the rod is heated with the spirit lamp, but the other end of the rod has also been heated. This is represents that the heat has been transferred from one end of the rod to the other end of the rod without heating it from the other end. So, the transformation of the heat is taking place. This process is called the conduction. Conduction is a process which is lead by the free electrons. As the conduction happens occurs only in the metallic materials, the reason for it is that the metals has the free electrons and they can move freely from one part of the body to another part of the body. These electrons are not bounded by the nucleus so, they can move easily. And when the temperature of the ...
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Thermodynamics is defined as “the study of heat transfer and its relationship to doing work.” Specifically, it is a field of physics that has to do with “the transfer of energy from one place to another or from one form to another” (Drake P.1). Heat acts as a form of energy that equates to a total amount of work. Heat was recognized as a form of energy around the year 1798. Count Rumford (Sir Benjamin Thompson), a British military engineer, observed that “numerous amounts of heat could be generated in the boring of cannon barrels” (Drake P.1), which is where a cannon’s firing port is enlarged using a drill and immense amounts of heat to make the metal malleable. He also observed that “the work done in turning a blunt boring tool was proportional
Conduction, Convection, and Radiation Heat transfer is the way heat moves through matter to change the temperature of other objects. There are three types of heat transfers, Conduction, Convection, and Radiation. The first kind of heat transfer, conduction, is heat transferring through direct contact of materials. This would be the same thing as a pan on the stove. The heat from the stove touches the pan directly, therefore making the pan hot.
Conduction is the process by which heat is transferred from on solid to another. When a solid is heated the molecules inside, which are normally almost static, start to vibrate. When another solid is brought into contact with the heated solid the energy from the vibrating molecules at the edge of the heated solid is transferred to the outer molecules of the other solid.
Heat is thermal energy being transferred from one place to another, because of temperature changes. This can take place by three processes. These three processes are known as conduction, convection, and radiation.
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Heat energy is transferred through three ways- conduction, convection and radiation. All three are able to transfer heat from one place to another based off of different principles however, are all three are connected by the physics of heat. Let’s start with heat- what exactly is heat? We can understand heat by knowing that “heat is a thermal energy that flows from the warmer areas to the cooler areas, and the thermal energy is the total of all kinetic energies within a given system.” (Soffar, 2015) Now, we can explore the means to which heat is transferred and how each of them occurs. Heat is transferred through conduction at the molecular level and in simple terms, the transfers occurs through physical contact. In conduction, “the substance
When there is a change in the magnetic field near a material which is electrically conductive, there will be a current produced in the material know as eddy current. This eddy current is responsible for the heating of the material. The amount of eddy currents produced in the conductor depends mainly on the external magnetic field. Heat generation can be controlled by the magnetic field as the heat generated in the element is directly proportional to the current which depends on the magnetic flux. So heat is indirectly controlled by the magnetic flux.