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Mechanical Engineering · Q26

Heat And Mass Transfer

Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 26

Q26

Conduction is a process of heat transfer

A.
From one particle of the body to another without the actual motion of the particles
Answer
B.
From one particle of the body to another by the actual motion of the heated particles
C.
From a hot body to a cold body, in a straight line, without affecting the intervening medium
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Conduction is the process by which heat energy is transmitted through collisions between neighboring atoms or molecules. Conduction occurs more readily in solids and liquids, where the particles are closer to together, than in gases, where particles are further apart.