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Heat
In this topic:
• What is heat?
• Heat transfer
• Latent heat
What is heat? Nuclear
• A form of energy
Conduction: transfer
E
of heat through a
solid material
Lab activity 24a (page 64)
To compare the conductivity of various
metals
Showing the transfer of heat energy
by conduction in solids
• Stick drawing
pins on the ends
with Vaseline
• Watch what
happens
• Which pins fall
off first?
Good conductors of heat energy
• We already know:
– Different materials conduct heat at different rates
• Good conductors of heat = METALS
• Useful with: cooking, ironing, hair-
straighteners
Poor conductors of heat energy
Insulator: a poor E conductor of heat
energy
Cold air or
liquid SINKS
Lab activity 24c (page 66)
To show convection currents in water
Radiation
Radiation: heat E transfer from a hot
object by electromagnetic waves
• The sun gives the Earth heat through radiation
• Doesn’t need a medium
– Can work in a vacuum
Lab activity 24d (page 67)
Remove heat:
Insulators HEAT contraction
Heat transfer:
1. Conduction Water above
2. Convection 4°C = like other
3. Radiation Water below 4°C
liquids
= unlike other
liquids
Changes of state
Addition of energy: to speed molecules up and
separate them
Cooling
Cooling Loss of heat to surroundings