Many of the exercises required for the purpose of elucidating the subject of heat and heat engines can easily be made up; on the other hand, there are many important facts which can be illustrated ...

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 ...

In an ultra-cold, high-magnetic-field setting, ZrTe5 defies expectations by showing quantum heat oscillations. Researchers ...

Scientists know well how conventional materials conduct heat. However, things are not as straightforward under extreme conditions such as temperatures close to absolute zero combined with strong ...

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 ...

The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications. Scientists know well how conventional materials, such as metals and insulators, ...

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 ...