Heat Transfer Vocabulary

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Total amount of energy in all of the particles contained in a sample of matter

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Thermal Energy

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Measure of the average kinetic energy of all particles in a sample of matter

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Temperature

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The transfer of thermal energy between two objects at different temperatures

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Heat

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The transfer of heat by direct contact of particles

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Conduction

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The transfer of heat in fluids by the movement of currents that form in the fluids

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Convection

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The transfer of heat without matter; heat that can travel through empty space

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Radiation