Tanya Touch

CHEN.3040
Heat Transfer
Assignment #1
1. D Conduction is the transfer for energy by contact between two bodies.
2. B Convection is the transfer of energy by movement of matter.
3. A Radiation is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves through empty
space.
4. C Thermal energy is the total energy an object has due to its temperature.
5. E Heat is any transfer of thermal energy.
(a) Conduction
I pull a cast iron skillet from the oven with no kitchen mitts on; I would get a burn
on my hands from grabbing the handle because of conduction from the hot handle
to my hands.
I have a cup of coffee with a metal spoon in it, the spoon is warm to the touch
because of conduction.
(b) Convection
A pot of hot water sitting on the burner coming to a boil is doing so because of
convection heat transfer.
Cookies baking in the oven are being baked because of convection heat transfer.
(c) Radiation
Im walking along the beach barefoot and the sand is hot. The sand is hot because
of radiation heat transfer from the sun.
I use the microwave to defrost some steak; the microwave is defrosting the steak
by thermal radiation.
(d) More than one mode of heat transfer
Holding a block of ice in my hands on a sunny day, the block of ice would melt
because of conduction heat transfer from my hands to the ice and from radiation
heat transfer from the sun.
A light bulbs filament is heated through conduction and in turn gives off
radiation heat.