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How a vacuum conducts heat?

A vacuum does NOT conduct heat !


Is heat energy can be stored in vacuum?

No, heat energy cannot be stored in a vacuum because vacuum is an absence of matter that could hold or transfer heat. Heat needs matter to transfer through conduction, convection, or radiation. In a vacuum, there is no medium for heat transfer to occur.


Why can not heat be conducted by vacuum?

Heat conduction requires a medium for the transfer of thermal energy. In a vacuum, there are no particles to carry the heat energy from one place to another. Therefore, heat cannot be conducted through a vacuum.


Is it possible for heat to flow across a vacuum?

Heat needs something to "flow" through. In a vacuum it will not have a medium to travel through and so heat cannot flow across a vacuum. Radiant heat will travel through a vacuum but here it is the light energy that is passing through the vacuum, not the heat energy.


Which mechanism of heat transfer can work in a vacuum?

Heat is a form of energy. Atoms of a certain material begin to tremble very fast when heated and pass this movement on to other atoms. So I think -not shure, heat/ energy can only be passed through material, and so it is not possible in a vacuum.


Does heat travel in a vacuum?

Lets look at a vacuum and heat. Heat is the treansfer of energy from one piece of matter to another. A vacuum is the absence of matter. Heat cannot transfer in a vacuum because there must be matter in close proximity to other matter for heat to travel.


What is the specific heat of vacuum?

Vacuum does not have a specific heat because it does not contain any particles to absorb or transfer heat energy.


How does the vacuum in the flask used to store liquid nitrogen prevent heat transfer?

I believe that since the vacuum is absent of matter, there is not matter to which the heat of the outside of the container can pass on its heat. In other words, if there was air inside the tude instead of a vacuum, the hotter outside of the container would make the air hot inside the walls of the container, so thus the hot air would make the inside of the container hot too. This is like a chain of heat, as the heat moves from matter to matter, bbut the vacuum limits the matter in the chaing, so less heat is passed onto the nitrogen.


Is vacuum a conductor of heat?

No, vacuum is actually an insulator of heat as it lacks particles to transfer heat through conduction. In a vacuum, heat can only be transferred through radiation, which is much less efficient than conduction.


What is the only form of heat transfer that can cross a vacuum?

The only form of heat transfer that can cross a vacuum is radiation. Radiation does not require a medium to transfer heat and can travel through the vacuum of space.


Does heat disperse in a vacuum?

In a vacuum, heat disperses through radiation, where it is transferred in the form of electromagnetic waves. Since there are no particles for conduction or convection in a vacuum, radiation is the primary method of heat transfer.


What could you heat water in that would retain the heat the longest?

A vacuum would retain the heat best, hence a thermos flask has a vacuum around it =-)

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