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Transfer of thermal energy of a hotter object to any cooler one is?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Energy in transit from a hotter body to a cooler body is called heat.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
known as heat transfer, which occurs through three main mechanisms: conduction, convection, and radiation. In conduction, heat is transferred through direct contact between molecules. In convection, heat is transferred through the movement of a fluid. In radiation, heat is transferred through electromagnetic waves.
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How is thermal equilibrium established?
Thermal equilibrium is established by the transfer of heat energy from the hotter object to the cooler object until both objects are at the same temperature.
What can Thermal energy do?
Thermal energy (or heat) flows from a hotter body to a cooler one, and not the reverse
How is equilibrium established?
Thermal equilibrium is established by the transfer of heat energy from the hotter object to the cooler object until both objects are at the same temperature.
The transfer of thermal energy from a hotter to a colder substance is called?
Heat transfer
Which way does thermal energy travel?
From the hotter to the cooler
The energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler one?
The law says that energy can neither be created nor be destroyed. It can only be transferred from one form to another.... And energy always from higher potential to lower potential... Since hotter object is at high potential and cooler object at lower potential, the heat energy will flow from hotter to cooler object.
What is the energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler object called?
The energy itself is called "heat" or thermal energy. The process is called heat transfer and for objects in contact, it is "conduction" (as opposed to convection or radiation).
Can thermal energy be cool when its hot?
Yes. But a cooler body has less energy than a hotter object
The energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler object?
it called heat transfer!
What is the energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler one is referred to as what?
heat transfer
What is the energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler one is referred to as?
This is the zeroth law of thermodynamics: objects at different temperatures will form a thermal equilibrium. The first law of thermodynamics says that energy can not be created or destroyed but can only change form. So the cooler object has to get hotter not the other way around.
Does thermal energy moves?
Such energy can be transferred. Usually it will transfer from hotter objects to colder objects.
