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(a) What is conduction?(b) Give an expression for thermal conductivity.(c) Define coefficient of thermal conductivity.

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(a) Conduction is the process of flow of heat from one point to another through a substance without the actual transfer of particle.

Rate of flow of heat,

(b) \(\frac{dQ}{dT}=\frac{KA(T_1-T_2)}{d}\)  

where K is coefficient of conductivity. A is the area of cross-section of the face, \(\frac{T_1-T_2}{d}\) is temperature gradient.

Coefficient of thermal conductivity (K) is defined as the amount of heat flowing in a second between two opposite faces of a cube of side 1 m kept at a temperature difference of 1 K. S.I. unit of K is Js-1 m-1 K-1 .



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