Practice - Conduction
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Practice Questions
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Define conduction.
💡 Hint: Think about how heat travels in a metal rod.
What is thermal conductivity?
💡 Hint: Focus on materials like metal vs. wood.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main mechanism of heat transfer in conduction?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens at the microscopic level when heat is applied.
Is thermal conductivity constant for all materials?
💡 Hint: Recall examples of good and poor thermal conductors.
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Challenge Problems
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Two rods, one made of copper and another of aluminum, both 1 m long with cross-sections of 0.02 m², are heated at one end to 200°C. Calculate the rate of heat transfer through both rods, given their thermal conductivities are 385 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ and 205 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ respectively.
💡 Hint: Apply the conduction formula separately for each material based on their thermal conductivities.
A glass rod (K=0.8 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹) is 1.5 m long and has insulation on its sides. If one end is kept at 100°C, what temperature would be at the other end after 10 minutes if the heat transfer rate is known to be 15 W?
💡 Hint: Rearranging the heat conduction formula will help isolate the unknown temperature.
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