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    O Level Notes On Conduction, Convection and Radiation 5054

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    This document contains information about heat transfer processes. It describes an experiment demonstrating that water is a poor conductor of heat by showing that ice at the bottom of a test tube does not melt quickly even when water boils at the top. It also discusses convection currents in air caused by differences in air density. Some applications of convection and experiments showing that black surfaces absorb and emit more infrared radiation than white surfaces are described. Finally, it lists factors that affect the rate of radiation from a surface including its color, texture, temperature, and area.

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    O Level Notes On Conduction, Convection and Radiation 5054

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    This document contains information about heat transfer processes. It describes an experiment demonstrating that water is a poor conductor of heat by showing that ice at the bottom of a test tube does not melt quickly even when water boils at the top. It also discusses convection currents in air caused by differences in air density. Some applications of convection and experiments showing that black surfaces absorb and emit more infrared radiation than white surfaces are described. Finally, it lists factors that affect the rate of radiation from a surface including its color, texture, temperature, and area.

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    This document contains information about heat transfer processes. It describes an experiment demonstrating that water is a poor conductor of heat by showing that ice at the bottom of a test tube does not melt quickly even when water boils at the top. It also discusses convection currents in air caused by differences in air density. Some applications of convection and experiments showing that black surfaces absorb and emit more infrared radiation than white surfaces are described. Finally, it lists factors that affect the rate of radiation from a surface including its color, texture, temperature, and area.

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    O Level Notes On Conduction, Convection and Radiation 5054

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    Ravi Mothoor
    This document contains information about heat transfer processes. It describes an experiment demonstrating that water is a poor conductor of heat by showing that ice at the bottom of a test tube does not melt quickly even when water boils at the top. It also discusses convection currents in air caused by differences in air density. Some applications of convection and experiments showing that black surfaces absorb and emit more infrared radiation than white surfaces are described. Finally, it lists factors that affect the rate of radiation from a surface including its color, texture, temperature, and area.

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    Date: 13/04/2020

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    To show that water is a bad conductor of heat

    Procedure
    1. Set up the apparatus as shown in the diagram.
    2. Heat the water at the top of the test tube gently to boil the water.
    Observation & conclusion
    This experiment demonstrates that water is a poor(bad)conductor of heat. The ice at the lower
    part of the test tube does not melt quickly even when the water boils at the top.

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    Convection in air
    In the set-up shown in the diagram, smoke is been to move through the box. The candle heats
    the air above it and causes less dense air to rise, setting up convection currents. The denser
    colder air is forced into the box.

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    Some applications of convection

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    Experiment to demonstrate that black surface absorbs more infrared radiation than white
    surface.

    Experiment to demonstrate that black surface emits more infrared radiation than white surface.

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    Factors affecting the rate of radiation:

    1) Colour and texture of surface


    Black, matt surfaces are good in both absorbing and emitting radiation.
    Shiny or polished white surfaces are poor absorbers because they act better as reflectors, and
    hence, poor emitters.
    2) Surface temperature
    The hotter the object, the more energy it radiates.
    3) Surface area
    The greater the area, the more energy it radiates.

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