There are three main modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction involves direct contact between objects where heat is transferred through atomic vibrations. Convection involves the transfer of heat by mass motion of molecules in liquids and gases as heated parts rise and cooler parts sink. Radiation transfers heat through electromagnetic waves and does not require a medium, allowing it to occur through a vacuum. Examples of each mode in nature and their uses in applications like cooking and heating are discussed.
2. Flow of heat
• Heat flows from object at higher temperature
to the object at lower temperature.
• Example1:- large spoon left in hot vessel also
becomes hot after some time.becomes hot after some time.
• Example 2:- ice cube starts to melt when kept
at room temperature because warmer
atmosphere transfers its heat to the cold ice
and ice melts.
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4. Modes of transfer of heat
There are three modes of
transfer of heat:-
1. Conduction:- Energy is
transferred by direct
contact.
2. Convection:- Energy is2. Convection:- Energy is
transferred by mass
motion of molecules.
3. Radiation:- Energy is
transferred by
electromagnetic
radiation.
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5. Conduction
• Particles of solids are tightly
packed. When one end of solid
metal rod is heated, the atoms of
that part start to get heated and
vibrate. This heat is then passed on
to adjacent atom. This process
continuous and entire metal rod
gets heated.
• Good conductors:- the material• Good conductors:- the material
which conduct heat easily through
them are known as good
conductors. Example:- all metals
like copper, iron, aluminium.
• Bad conductors:- the material
which do not conduct heat through
them easily are called bad
conductors. Example:- wood, brick,
plastic, paper, glass, cotton etc.
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6. Conduction
• Two important
condition for
conduction:-
1. There should be
temperaturetemperature
difference between
the two bodies.
2. The two bodies at
different temperatures
should be in direct
contact of each other.
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7. Uses of good and bad conductors
• Good conductors like
steel, copper are used to
make utensils so that they
can cook food easily as
they transfer good
quantity of heat to food
• Bad conductors like
plastic, wood and Bakelite
are used to make handles
of utensils.
• Bad conductors like wool
are used to make winterquantity of heat to food
being cooked.
• Good conductor like
copper or iron are used to
make iron base, heater
coil, boilers in chemical
industry.
are used to make winter
garments.
• Ice is bad conductor
hence Eskimos make the
igloo of ice.
• Bad conductors like
thermocol are use to
make icebox to carry ice.
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8. Convection
• This mode of transfer takes place
in liquid and gases.
• The particle of liquid or gas gets
heated near the source of heat
and move upwards.
• The space left by them is filled by
the cold particles surrounding
them.
• So, in the process of convection,
the heat gets transferred onto a
• So, in the process of convection,
the heat gets transferred onto a
substance by the actual
movement of heated particles
with in the substance.
• Convection cannot take place in
solid because their particles are
fixed in the respective places and
are not free to move within
substances.
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9. Convection current in nature
Sea breeze
• During day time:-
- The land absorbs sun’s heat
more in comparison to water
in sea. So land becomes
hotter.
- The air above the land
becomes hotter compared to
Land breeze
• During the night:-
- The land region looses the heat
faster than sea.
- The air above the sea is warmer
than that above the land.
- Thus, the warmer air above the
becomes hotter compared to
air above the sea.
- The hot air from the land rises
upwards and the cold air from
the sea rush to land to fill the
space.
- So, the convection current
from the ocean to the land
causes sea breeze.
- Thus, the warmer air above the
sea rises upwards.
- The cold air from the land rushes
towards the sea to fill the space
created above the sea.
- The convection current from the
land to the sea causes land
breeze.
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10. Uses of convection current in our lives
• Air conditioner are fitted higher in the wall
because the cold air generated by them easily
moves downwards and cools the room
effectively.
• The room heaters are place near the floor
because the warm air rises upwards and heatsbecause the warm air rises upwards and heats
the room effectively.
• The freezer inside the refrigerator are surrounded
by cooling pipes and have minimum temperature.
The freezer is located on top of the refrigerator
because the cool air moves downwards and cools
freeze effectively.
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11. Radiation
• The heat and light energy from
the sun travels to the earth
through radiation.
• The radiation carrying heat
energy is called thermal
radiation.
• Thermal radiation needs no
medium. It can travel through
vacuum.
• The amount of thermal
radiation absorbed by an
object depends on:-
- The nature of material
example metals absorb more
heat than non-metal.
- Its distance from the source of
heat:- if the source of heat is
near then object will be more
medium. It can travel through
vacuum.
heat:- if the source of heat is
near then object will be more
hot and if the source of heat is
far object will be less hot
- Colour of object:- dark colour
object absorb more heat and
light colour object absorb less
heat.
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12. Use of radiation in our daily life
• We wear light coloured clothes in summer
because light colour absorb minimum heat.
• Dark coloured clothes are preferred in winter
because they absorb maximum heat from the
surrounding.
• The bottom of cooking vessel is kept dark in
colour so that maximum heat is absorbed from
the bottom.
• Pipes of solar heater and vessels of solar cooker
are painted black so that maximum heat is
absorbed from sunlight.
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