When fast-moving atoms or molecules hit slower-moving atoms or molecules and increase their speed, heat is transferred. This process is called conduction. The atoms in the hot spoon are moving faster ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Conduction of Heat in Solids ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 207 No. 6 (December 1962), p. 92 doi:10.1038 ...

Heat energy is conducted from the hot end of ... This process is very much faster than conduction caused by just passing vibrations from atom to atom. Hence, conduction in metals is faster than ...

However, several recent experiments have found giant quantum oscillations in the heat conduction of semimetals ... they are ...

Conduction occurs in solids. Metals are good conductors. Non-metals and gases are usually poor conductors. Poor conductors are called insulators. Heat energy is conducted from the hot end of an ...