How heat is conducted along a metal bar?

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Physics

Eugene Cole

3 January, 14:36

How heat is conducted along a metal bar?

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Conor Kaiser · Answer 1

If one end of a metal bar is heated, the atoms at that end vibrate more than the atoms at the cold end. The vibration spreads along the bar from atom to atom.

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The spread of heat in this way is called conduction. Metals are good conductors of heat.

Jackson Bray · Answer 2

When something is heated, its atoms vibrate. If one end of a metal bar is heated, the atoms at that end vibrate more than the atoms at the cold end. The vibration spreads along the bar from atom to atom. The spread of heat in this way is called conduction. Metals are good conductors of heat.