All categories

3 years ago

How is radiation different from convection and conduction?

Physics

1 answer:

Anna11 [10]3 years ago

8 0

Answer: It can travel through empty space

Explanation:

Let's begin by explaining that there are three ways in which the thermal transfer occurs:

1. By Conduction, when the transmission is by the direct contact.

2. By Convection, heat transfer in fluids (like water or the air, for example).

3. By Radiation, by the electromagnetic waves (they can travel through any medium and in vacumm) .

Hence, both conduction and convection need matter to transfer thermal energy, but by radiation there is no need of matter for the heat transfer.

So, since outter space is vacuum (sometimes called "empty" or "empty space"), energy cannot be transmitted by convection, nor conduction. Therfore, it must be transmitted by electromagnetic waves that are able to travel with or without a medium (by radiation).

You might be interested in

1.Convert 340 cm into m *(answer=0.34m)

Nataly [62]

Answer:

1.for the first one 100centimeters make 1 meter therefore

100cm-1m

340cm-x

340/100

=3.4

the answer is supposed to be 3.4, maybe there's a mistake with the question or the answer

2.the weight of a body is given by the formula

mass×gravity,in this case the mass is 75kg and the gravity is 9.8

weight=75×9.8

=735N

3.for this one the mass of a body is given by the formula

mass=weight/gravity

=420/9.8

=42.8kg

I hope this helps

4 0

3 years ago

Two tiny beads are 25 cm apart with no other charges or fields present. Bead A carries 10 µC of charge and bead B carries 1 µC.

steposvetlana [31]

The electric forces on both beads are equal.

3 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Explain, using your own words, how noise cancelling headphones work, (physics)

Afina-wow [57]

Answer:

They use noise control, creating a wave that negates outside or ambient sound and replaces it with the desired sound that listeners request.

Explanation:

I hope this helped

4 0

3 years ago

Sound is a type of mechanical wave and must have a medium through which to travel. Sound will move at different speeds when whic

Alex787 [66]

Hey there!

The answer would be B. The sound moves from air to water.

Sound travels through different mediums. It goes fastest in solids, a little slower in liquids, and slowest in air. Sound is a very fast wave, but remember that mediums can differ that. In a vacuum space, there is no sound at all. (ex. outer space)

Hope this helps !

5 0

3 years ago

I need help!!!!!!!

wlad13 [49]

One simple use of the elements of the electromagnetic spectrum that we use during our everyday lives is our daily use of microwave radiation. microwave radiation is absorbed by water molecules which heats up and cooks the food whilst killing bacteria. Another would be ultraviolet radiation which we use daily in things such as light bulbs. The sun also uses this. Lastly, we use radio waves constantly. May it be tv programs, radio, or our cell phones.

4 0

3 years ago