Specific Heat Capacity and Thermal Conductivity
What is thermal conductivity?
These are considered fluids
What are liquids and gases?
The state in which no net thermal energy is flowing between two objects
What is thermal equilibrium?
The flow of thermal energy from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature
What is heat?
These two states of matter are typically poor thermal conductors
What are liquids and gases?
The equation for thermal energy lost/gained through a phase change
What is Q=Lm
The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
The sum of the kinetic energy of the particles within a system
What is thermal energy?
A material with a low thermal conductivity
What is a thermal insulator?
How thermal energy lost by an object compares to the thermal energy gained by its surroundings
What is equal?
The transfer of thermal energy between particles by direct contact
What is conduction?
The amount of thermal energy that must be added to something to change the temperature of 1 g by 1 C
What is specific heat capacity?
Substances with free electrons that transmit thermal energy easily
What is a thermal conductor?
The increase in temperature of an ice cube melting.
What is zero?
The transfer of thermal energy by means of a moving material
What is convection?
The average kinetic energy of the particles within a system
The equation for thermal energy gained or lost by a substance that does not change state
The meaning of the word latent
What is hidden?
Everything above 0K does this
What is radiates thermal energy?
The amount of thermal energy required to freeze 1 g of a substance
What is Latent Heat of Fusion?