Heat Transfer Lab

Explore conduction, convection, radiation, and the role of mobile electrons in thermal transport through metals.

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Temperature is related to average microscopic kinetic energy. Thermal energy is the total microscopic energy of a system, so average kinetic energy and thermal energy are not literally the same quantity.

Conduction

Energy passed through neighboring particles

SOLID • PARTICLE MODEL