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Thermal Physics Project Assignment

There are three main methods of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction occurs through direct contact in solids. Convection is the transfer of heat by fluid movement. Radiation is the emission and absorption of electromagnetic waves. Better heat transfer occurs through rough, dull, black surfaces and larger surface areas compared to smooth, shiny, white surfaces and smaller areas. Solar water heaters use convection to transfer heat from sunlight to water. Vacuum flasks use radiation barriers, convection barriers, and thin glass to prevent heat transfer. The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and emit infrared radiation from the planet's surface, trapping heat and causing global warming.

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Thermal Physics Project Assignment

There are three main methods of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction occurs through direct contact in solids. Convection is the transfer of heat by fluid movement. Radiation is the emission and absorption of electromagnetic waves. Better heat transfer occurs through rough, dull, black surfaces and larger surface areas compared to smooth, shiny, white surfaces and smaller areas. Solar water heaters use convection to transfer heat from sunlight to water. Vacuum flasks use radiation barriers, convection barriers, and thin glass to prevent heat transfer. The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and emit infrared radiation from the planet's surface, trapping heat and causing global warming.

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Sep 4, 2022

Physics
Thermal energy

1. Conduction: is the transfer of thermal energy to a solid by


direct contact. Conduction mainly occurs in solids because
particles are closer so they collide. The particles in fluids
are not as close as those in solids so heat cannot be
transferred to fluid by conduction.

Convection: is the transfer of thermal energy by the


movement of fluid. Particles move around in fluids faster
when heated due to the space between them. The transfer of
heat from one place to another by mass motion of fluid
such as water or air is called a convection current, this is
what drives the earth’s ocean currents, atmospheric weather
and geology.

Radiation: is the process by which energy, in the form of


electromagnetic radiation, is emitted by a heated surface in
all directions and travels directly to its point of absorption
at the speed of light.

2. A rough surface will absorb and emit heat better than a


smooth surface.
A dull surface will absorb and emit heat better than a dull
surface

A black surface will absorb and emit heat better than a


white surface

A large surface area will emit heat better than a small


surface area

3. In a solar water heater the cold water goes up to the solar


collector installed on the roof. The collector is heated by
absorbing the heat from the sun’s thermal radiation. Then
the collector heats up the water through convection.

A vacuum flask works because the silver coating on the


inner bottle prevents heat transfer by radiation, the double
wall prevents heat from moving by convection and the
thinness of the glass walls prevents the heat from entering
or escaping by means of conduction.

4. The greenhouse effect happens when the heat energy from


the sun passes through the atmosphere through radiation
and the planet’s atmosphere prevents it from releasing the
infrared radiation emitted from the surface of the planet
back into space. That heat is then absorbed by greenhouse
gases such as carbon dioxide which results in a warmer
planet. As the levels of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases increase the planet’s overall temperature
increases and this is known as global warming.

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