Conduction — Supplement Learning Objectives
Summary
- Describe thermal conduction in all solids in terms of atomic or molecular lattice vibrations and also in terms of the movement of free (delocalised) electrons in metallic conductors
- Describe, in terms of particles, why thermal conduction is bad in gases and most liquids
- Know that there are many solids that conduct thermal energy better than thermal insulators but do so less well than good thermal conductors
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