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Newton's law of cooling

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Newton's law of cooling [′nüt·ənz ′lȯ əv ′kül·iŋ]
(thermodynamics)
The law that the rate of heat flow out of an object by both natural convection and radiation is proportional to the temperature difference between the object and its environment, and to the surface area of the object.


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h] = [4V/A] (32) Once the heat transfer coefficient is determined, Newton's law of cooling states that the heat transfer rate will be proportional to the temperature difference between the gas and the surface: Q = [h.
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