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thermal column (or
thermal) is a
rising m**** of
buoyant air, a
convective current in the atmosphere, that
transfers heat
energy vertically.
Thermals are...
- The
thermal conductivity of a
material is a
measure of its
ability to
conduct heat. It is
commonly denoted by k {\displaystyle k} , λ {\displaystyle \lambda...
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Thermal blooming or
thermal lensing occurs when high-energy
laser beams propagate through a medium. It is the
result of
nonlinear interactions that occur...
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Thermal radiation is
electromagnetic radiation emitted by the
thermal motion of
particles in matter.
Thermal radiation transmits as an electromagnetic...
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Thermal paste (also
called thermal compound,
thermal grease,
thermal interface material (TIM),
thermal gel, heat paste, heat sink compound, heat sink paste...
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Thermal expansion is the
tendency of
matter to
change its shape, area, volume, and
density in
response to a
change in temperature,
usually not including...
- of an object. The
ability of the
object to
conduct heat is
known as its
thermal conductivity, and is
denoted k. Heat
spontaneously flows along a temperature...
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Thermal insulation is the
reduction of heat
transfer (i.e., the
transfer of
thermal energy between objects of
differing temperature)
between objects in...
- The term "
thermal energy" is used
loosely in
various contexts in
physics and engineering,
generally related to the
kinetic energy of
vibrating and colliding...
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Thermal pollution,
sometimes called "
thermal enrichment", is the
degradation of
water quality by any
process that
changes ambient water temperature. Thermal...
