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Abstract
The purpose of this experiment is to examine the transfer of energy from a high temperature region to a
low temperature region with a body or between two bodies of unequal temperature in contact. The
process is known as conduction heat transfer. The experiment will be performed using two different
types of conductions. The names of these conductions are called linear conduction and radial
conduction. The linear flow has three parts while the radial part has only one part. Also while
conducting the experiment positions 2 and 9 did not work.




















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Table of Content
Introduction
Equipment
Procedure
Results and analysis
Conclusion and Recommendations



















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Introduciton
The law of heat conduction, also known as Fourier's law, states that the time rate of heat transfer
through a material is proportional to the negative gradient in the temperature and to the area, at right
angles to that gradient, through which the heat flows. We can state this law in two equivalent forms: the
integral form, in which we look at the amount of energy flowing into or out of a body as a whole, and
the differential form, in which we look at the flow rates or fluxes of energy locally.
The differential form of Fourier's Law of thermal conduction shows that the local heat flux density is
equal to the product of thermal conductivity, k, and the negative local temperature gradient. The heat
flux density is the amount of energy that flows through a unit area per unit time.


-k is the material's conductivity, Wm1K1,

The thermal conductivity, k, is often treated as a constant, though this is not always true. While the
thermal conductivity of a material generally varies with temperature, the variation can be small over a
significant range of temperatures for some common materials. In anisotropic materials, the thermal
conductivity typically varies with orientation; in this case k is represented by a second-order tensor. In
non-uniform materials, k varies with spatial location.

Integral Form

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Equipment
























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Procedures