system is said to be in thermal contact with another system if it can exchange energy through the process of heat. Perfect thermal isolation is an idealization...
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physics, thermal contact conductance is the study of heat conduction between solid or liquid bodies in thermal contact. The thermal contact conductance...
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Thermal conduction is the diffusion of thermal energy (heat) within one material or between materials in contact. The higher temperature object has molecules...
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are in thermal equilibrium if there is no net flow of thermal energy between them when they are connected by a path permeable to heat. Thermal equilibrium...
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of differing temperature) between objects in thermal contact or in range of radiative influence. Thermal insulation can be achieved with specially engineered...
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Perfect thermal contact of the surface of a solid with the environment (convective heat transfer) or another solid occurs when the temperatures of the...
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Metamorphism (redirect from Contact metamorphism)
Earth's surface. Various forms of metamorphism exist, including regional, contact, hydrothermal, shock, and dynamic metamorphism. These differ in the characteristic...
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Heat sink (section Thermal resistance)
attributed to what is known as the thermal contact resistance. Thermal interface materials (TIM) decrease the thermal contact resistance. As power dissipation...
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test in order to ensure good thermal contact. When the heat flux is monitored over a sufficiently long time, the thermal transmittance can be calculated...
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are in geometric contact but the thermal contact is poor, there can exist wide differences between their respective temperatures. Contact binaries are not...
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