Which law states that the rate of heat transfer through a material is proportion

Practice Questions

Q1
Which law states that the rate of heat transfer through a material is proportional to the temperature gradient?
  1. Newton's Law of Cooling
  2. Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction
  3. Stefan-Boltzmann Law
  4. Kirchhoff's Law

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

Which law states that the rate of heat transfer through a material is proportional to the temperature gradient?
  • Step 1: Understand that heat transfer is the movement of thermal energy from one place to another.
  • Step 2: Learn that a temperature gradient is the difference in temperature between two points.
  • Step 3: Know that 'proportional' means that as one thing increases, the other thing also increases in a consistent way.
  • Step 4: Recognize that Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction describes how heat moves through materials.
  • Step 5: Conclude that according to Fourier's Law, if the temperature difference (gradient) is larger, the rate of heat transfer will also be larger.
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