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Imagine you have a heater in a room. How does it heat the entire room when only the heater is hot? By convection!
As the heater warms the air around it, this warm air travels upwards. When it hits the ceiling of the room, it travels outward towards the walls (pushed away from center by the rising column of air) By the time it reaches the walls it has cooled slightly and sinks (remember hot air is lighter and rises, while cool air is denser and sinks). It then travels along the floor of the room pushed by the sinking column of cooler air until it reaches the heater. Then the cycle starts again. This circular movement of heat is called convection and is h ow heat is normally transferred in gases and liquids. Solids most frequently use a process called conduction but that is another story!
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Convection is the transfer of heat through what?
Convection is "the transfer of heat through the motion of molecules in a fluid."
The transfer of heat by fluid?
The transfer of heat by fluid is convection.
In is convection the main type of heat transfer?
Whether convection is the main type of heat transfer or not depends on the specific situation.
What heat transfer in fluids is by this method?
The process of heat transfer in liquids is convection.
Is convection a heat transfer?
yes
What is convective heat transfer?
Convection heat transfer is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.
Convection is the transfer of heat through what?
Convection is "the transfer of heat through the motion of molecules in a fluid."
The transfer of heat by fluid?
The transfer of heat by fluid is convection.
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid?
convection
What is convective heat?
Convection heat transfer is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.
What is a transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid?
convection
Winds transfer heat energy by what method of heat transfer?
convection
Heat convection what is?
Convection is the transfer of heat by circulation through a gas or liquid.
What is heat convection?
Convection is the transfer of heat by circulation through a gas or liquid.
Which transfer of energy occurs mainly through the process of convection?
Energy transfer by convection is primarily restricted to fluids. One of the significant modes of heat transfer is convective heat transfer.
In is convection the main type of heat transfer?
Whether convection is the main type of heat transfer or not depends on the specific situation.
Which type of heat transfer would take place in water and air?
convection
