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    measure of energy in terms of quantity. The quality of being hot; high temperature: "it is sensitive to both heat and cold". A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1°C (based on a standard temperature of 16.5 to 17.5°C). Conduction is the transfer of heat between materials that contact each other. Heat passes from the warmer material to the cooler material. For example‚ a worker’s skin can transfer heat

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    activation energy in the ferrimagnetic region is lower than that in the paramagnetic region. The result is in agreement with the theory developed by Irkin and Turov [28]. The conduction at a lower temperature i.e. below Curie temperature(Tc) (ferrimagnetic region) is due to hopping of electrons [29] between Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions. The conduction at a higher temperature i.e. above Curie temperature (paramagnetic region) is due to hopping of polarons [29]. It is due to the fact that poloran hopping required comparatively

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    The heating of brown beans‚ red cabbage‚ liver sausage and brussel sprouts was done in a water bath of 82.5°C. As can be seen in figure 1 the brussel sprouts heated up the quickest and took 11 minutes to come to a 77.5°C temperature or a 5°C lower temperature than the max. The other three heated up similarly with red cabbage taking 38 minutes‚ brown beans 42 minutes and the liver sausage taking the longest with 45 minutes. Water was added to the brussel sprouts and that did have an effect on the

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    factor and power factor of the input ac line current. Calculate the Fourier series components of the output voltage and input current waveforms. Derive the closed form expression for output dc current and hence identify continuous or discontinuous conduction mode of the converter. Version 2 EE IIT‚ Kharagpur 3 14.1 Introduction Three phase fully controlled converters are very popular in many industrial applications particularly in situations where power regeneration from the dc side is essential

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    be imagined as a atomic or molecular activity which involves the transfer of energy from the more energetic to the less energetic particles of a substance due to interactions between the particles. |   | Explanation: The physical mechanism of conduction is explained as follows: Consider a gas in which there exists a temperature gradient and assume that there is no bulk motion. The gas may occupy the space between two surfaces that are maintained at different temperatures‚ as shown in Figure 1.2

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    insulators • do not absorb light • larger cohesive energies (~10 eV) than in ionic crystals Bonding in solids: Metallic solids Atoms in a metallic crystal are held together by the effective attractive electrostatic interaction mediated by the conduction (valence) electron gas (metallic bonding) Properties of metallic crystals: • smaller

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    each atom act as weights and the bonding electrons as springs in an oscillator model. Non-bonding electrons may also be present‚ however in an ideal solid these electrons are not involved in carrying current. By extension‚ S1 contains no electronic conduction bands. The non-bonding electrons may be involved in Van der Waals (or contact) interactions between atoms. Given these restraint‚ it is clear that S1 is a non-metal. Ideal solids do not exist. However‚ graphite provides a close approximation

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    being: Radiation‚ Conduction‚ and Convection. Let’s start with radiation; radiation is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves. So basically it does not need to directly touch anything or move any particles around‚ much like convection and conduction do. Radiation mostly occurs through empty space‚ so I think a good example of radiation would be when you feel warm in front of a fire place‚ or even the way the sun heats up the Earth. All done through empty space. Conduction is another method

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    1) Write about the semilunar values with as much detail as you can * NAME THEM. *Draw&Describe what they look like & Give their LOCATION.* Explain how the Semilunar Values Operate: What causes them to OPEN & what causes them to CLOSE. There are 4 values that enforce 1-way traffic for blood. ~The 2 Semilunar Valves are the Aortic & Pulmonary Valves. They guard the bases of the large arteries issuing from the ventricles & prevent backflow into the associated ventricles. Each

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    Essays on Thermodynamics 1. The two ways of transferring heat are Conduction and Radiation: Heat conduction‚ also called diffusion‚ is the direct microscopic exchange of kinetic energy of particles through the boundary between two systems. When an object is at a different temperature from another body or its surroundings‚ heat flows so that the body and the surroundings reach the same temperature at thermal equilibrium. Conduction happens in both fluids and solids. Thermal radiation‚ the second

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