Heat transfer by radiation

• Electromagnetic waves.

• All materials radiate thermal energy.

• When radiation falls on a second body it will be

• transmitted
  reflected
  or
  absorbed.

• Absorbed energy appears as heat in the body.

Constitutive equations

• Radiation from a body

Emissivity

• Typical values of emissivity

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Heat transfer by conduction

Heat transfer by convection