HEAT TRANSFER BY

CONDUCTION
What is Conduction?
• Conduction is the transfer of energy through the physical
contact of matter or particles.
• The phenomenon of conduction can occur as the transfer of
heat or electricity.
• According to kinetic theory, matter is made up of particles
that are in constant random motion.
• The more kinetic energy in particles, the higher the heat
and therefore the higher the measurement of heat.
• Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy in
a number or volume of particles.
Heat Transfer By Conduction

• Heat transfer occurs through conduction when particles of

matter come in direct contact with each other.
• Particles that have kinetic energy, motion or heat, can
transfer this vibrating motion to another particle that they
impact.
• Heat always travels from hotter region to cooler regions.
• An example of heat transfer by conduction would be the
particle of plasma in a flame coming in direct contact with a
tea kettle in order to heat up the water inside it.
Examples of Heat
Conduction
• Stirring Hot Food
• When we stir the hot food with a conductive material, like a spoon,
we feel the head at the end of the spoon
• This happens because of the heat conduction process.
• Iron Chair and Wooden Chair
• If an iron chair and a wooden chair are kept in direct exposure to
sunlight and observed for sometime, one can observe that the iron
chair absorbs more heat than the wooden one. This is because iron
is a good conductor of heat while wood is an insulator.
• Therefore, iron chair gets heated easily when exposed to sunlight.
• From the hand to an ice cube
• Ice cubes, when placed on a person’s hand melt faster. This
happens because of the transfer of heat energy from the skin
surface to ice cubes.
• From the stones to our skin
• Stones absorb the heat from sunlight, therefore if we touch a stone
that is kept under direct exposure to sunlight for a long duration,
heat will transfer to our skin surface causing a burning sensation to
our skin.
• Motor and Engine
• The heating up of motor, engines and other mechanical devices
after some time of operation is a significant example of conduction
in everyday life.
• Motor and engines are usually made up of conducting materials,
such as iron, copper, steel, aluminum and the energy released from
motors and engines is in the form of heat.
• This released heat radiate into the surrounding and gets coupled to
the device particles, which heats up machinery.
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