Thermal Conduction in Materials
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Objective
I can describe how thermal energy transfers through different materials by conduction.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
Thermal conductivity is a material's ability to transfer heat from a hot object to a cold object.
- 2
Metals are good conductors of heat because they share their electrons in a delocalized cloud, while non-metals transfer heat using phonons.
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Thermal conductivity is measured in watts per meter Kelvin, and a vacuum has zero thermal conductivity.
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Practice
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What is thermal conductivity?
Why are metals generally good conductors of heat?
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“Explain how thermal energy is transferred differently through a metal spoon versus a wooden spoon when both are placed in a hot bowl of soup.”
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