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How heat is moved in a metal?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Heat is simply a form of energy generally caused by molecular friction. Heat energizes the molecules of any material, and the subsequent motion causes the generation of frictional heat within the material itself. This transfers the Heat (energy) from one place to another. It can occur from outside to inside a material, or entirely within the material as neighboring molecules are excited into motion. Metal or not, this is how heat is transferred .

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