{"id":2825,"date":"2014-12-11T02:29:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T02:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/colphysics\/?post_type=chapter&p=2825"},"modified":"2016-03-08T15:08:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T15:08:50","slug":"introduction-21","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-physics\/chapter\/introduction-21\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Heat and Heat Transfer Methods","rendered":"Introduction to Heat and Heat Transfer Methods"},"content":{"raw":"Energy can exist in many forms and heat is one of the most intriguing. Heat is often hidden, as it only exists when in transit, and is transferred by a number of distinctly different methods. Heat transfer touches every aspect of our lives and helps us understand how the universe functions. It explains the chill we feel on a clear breezy night, or why Earth\u2019s core has yet to cool. This module\u00a0defines and explores heat transfer, its effects, and the methods by which heat is transferred. These topics are fundamental, as well as practical, and will often be referred to in the modules\u00a0ahead.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"700\"]\"In Figure 1. (a) The chilling effect of a clear breezy night is produced by the wind and by radiative heat transfer to cold outer space. (b) There was once great controversy about the Earth\u2019s age, but it is now generally accepted to be about 4.5 billion years old. Much of the debate is centered on the Earth\u2019s molten interior. According to our understanding of heat transfer, if the Earth is really that old, its center should have cooled off long ago. The discovery of radioactivity in rocks revealed the source of energy that keeps the Earth\u2019s interior molten, despite heat transfer to the surface, and from there to cold outer space.[\/caption]","rendered":"

Energy can exist in many forms and heat is one of the most intriguing. Heat is often hidden, as it only exists when in transit, and is transferred by a number of distinctly different methods. Heat transfer touches every aspect of our lives and helps us understand how the universe functions. It explains the chill we feel on a clear breezy night, or why Earth\u2019s core has yet to cool. This module\u00a0defines and explores heat transfer, its effects, and the methods by which heat is transferred. These topics are fundamental, as well as practical, and will often be referred to in the modules\u00a0ahead.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. (a) The chilling effect of a clear breezy night is produced by the wind and by radiative heat transfer to cold outer space. (b) There was once great controversy about the Earth\u2019s age, but it is now generally accepted to be about 4.5 billion years old. Much of the debate is centered on the Earth\u2019s molten interior. According to our understanding of heat transfer, if the Earth is really that old, its center should have cooled off long ago. The discovery of radioactivity in rocks revealed the source of energy that keeps the Earth\u2019s interior molten, despite heat transfer to the surface, and from there to cold outer space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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