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heat conduction

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heat conduction [′hēt kən‚dək·shən]
(thermodynamics)
The flow of thermal energy through a substance from a higher-to a lower-temperature region.


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Placing thermocouples as close to the surface as possible is a common practice so the surface temperature could be determined later, using the Inverse Heat Conduction Problem (IHCP).
The wear-resistant, highly heat-conductive nozzle tips screw directly into the manifold to ensure optimum heat conduction into the gate from a central cartridge heater.
15 Science, simple heat conduction, the diffusion of random molecular vibrations, can't explain how energy propagates through those nanoscale structures.
 
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