- A
thermal column (or
thermal) is a
column of
rising air in the
lower altitudes of Earth's atmosphere, a form of
atmospheric updraft.
Thermals are created...
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materials of low
thermal conductivity than in
materials of high
thermal conductivity. For instance,
metals typically have high
thermal conductivity and...
- A
thermal relief pad,
thermal pad or
simply thermal, is a
printed circuit board (PCB) pad
connected to a
copper pour
using a
thermal connection. It looks...
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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...
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Thermal resistance is a heat
property and a
measurement of a
temperature difference by
which an
object or
material resists a heat flow.
Thermal resistance...
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Thermal engineering is a
specialized sub-discipline of
mechanical engineering that
deals with the
movement of heat
energy and transfer. The
energy can...
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Thermal velocity or
thermal speed is a
typical velocity of the
thermal motion of
particles that make up a gas, liquid, etc. Thus, indirectly,
thermal...
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Thermal radiation is
electromagnetic radiation generated by the
thermal motion of
particles in matter.
Thermal radiation is
generated when heat from the...
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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...
- The term "
thermal energy" is used
loosely in
various contexts in
physics and engineering. It can
refer to
several different well-defined
physical concepts...
