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All stove flames are hotter than you would expect any pan to normally be so there is a temperature gradient between the flame and the pan. Heat is transferred from the hot gasses of the flame to the pan by two mechanisms: convective heat transfer and radiant heat transfer. Note that the hotter the flame, the more significant the radiant heat transfer becomes.

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It is just heating. The melting point of metals are generally far higher than that of the ability of the stove so it stays in the same physical and chemical state. The pan may then transfer heat to the contents of the pan however.

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