Convection
one energy that thermal energy can transfer into is radiation energy. It can transfer into that because of the electromagnetic waves.
Electric current
If an electromagnetic wave is absorbed, most of it will eventually turn into heat energy.
Radiation is the thermal of energy by electromagnetic waves through the vacuum of space.
the transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves
thermal radiation - infa red rays
one energy that thermal energy can transfer into is radiation energy. It can transfer into that because of the electromagnetic waves.
radiation or radiant transfer
By electromagnetic waves.
Sunlight.
Thermodynamics
Electric current
If an electromagnetic wave is absorbed, most of it will eventually turn into heat energy.
Radiation is the thermal of energy by electromagnetic waves through the vacuum of space.
the transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves
All objects transfer thermal energy by infra-red radiation. The hotter an object is, the more infra-red radiation it gives off. No particles are involved in radiation, unlike conduction and convection. This means that thermal energy transfer by radiation can even work in space, but conduction and convection cannot. One good example is the sun. Even though it is millions of kilometers away in space, we can still feel its heat. The thermal energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves.
Thermal energy is an electromagnetic wave, as light is. Light (and other electromagnetic waves) travel best through empty space. They consist of an electric and magnetic field, that propagates as a wave.