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Convection
When molecules collide and there is a transfer of energy as heat, this is called conduction. When fluids of different temperatures transfer energy by movement, this is called convection.
Since different objects have different heat conductivity and different temperatures and heat capacities, the time can vary without limit.
The transfer of energy between two objects at different average thermal kinetic energies (temperatures) is referred to as heat transfer. It is always called heat transfer, regardless of what kind of energy is being transferred.
All you need is their temperatures. If their temperatures are different, then heat will flow from the warmer one to the cooler one.
Convection
When molecules collide and there is a transfer of energy as heat, this is called conduction. When fluids of different temperatures transfer energy by movement, this is called convection.
When molecules collide and there is a transfer of energy as heat, this is called conduction. When fluids of different temperatures transfer energy by movement, this is called convection.
Thermal energy can be transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation. The formulae for the rate of transfer - if that's what you are after - vary, depending on which type of transfer is predominant.
Since different objects have different heat conductivity and different temperatures and heat capacities, the time can vary without limit.
The transfer of energy between two objects at different average thermal kinetic energies (temperatures) is referred to as heat transfer. It is always called heat transfer, regardless of what kind of energy is being transferred.
Radiation.
All you need is their temperatures. If their temperatures are different, then heat will flow from the warmer one to the cooler one.
As long as the body and the surrounding atmosphere are at different temperatures, there will be heat transfer between the two.
Differences in temperatures.
radiation, i think
The temperature of a molecule/particle is a mesure of its energy, the more energy it has, the faster it will move and the higher its temperature will be; if you have two molecules at different temperatures they will therefore be moving at different speeds, and so if and when they collide, the faster/hotter one transfers energy to the slower/colder one. (This same basic principal applies in many situations, in a collision between two cars/people for example, they will usually go in the same direction as the person with the most momentum.)