- What is Thermal conductivity? What are its units? What role does it play in heat transfer?
- What is temperature gradient? What are its units? What is the relationship of heat flow to a temperature gradient?
- What is a difference between heat flux and heat rate?
- What is Fourier’s law? Write down the equation
- What is the inherent difference between the application of conservation of energy over a time interval and at an instant of time?
- What is irradiation? What are its units?
- What is thermal energy storage? How does it differ from thermal energy generation?
- What is Newtown’s law of cooling? Write down the equation.
- What is the difference between natural convection and forced convection?
- What is impassivity?
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