How do you calculate the rate of heat transfer between two bodies with a small area of physical contact.

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Zion Benitez

29 May, 12:54

How do you calculate the rate of heat transfer between two bodies with a small area of physical contact.

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Jacoby Cabrera · Answer 1

So the rate of heat transfer to an object is equal to the thermal conductivity of the material the object is made from, multiplied by the surface area in contact, multiplied by the difference in temperature between the two objects, divided by the thickness of the material.