Vidyalelo
Mechanical Engineering · Q140

Heat And Mass Transfer

Engineering and GATE · Mechanical Engineering · question 140

Q140

The ratio of surface convection resistance to the internal conduction resistance is known as

A.
Grashoff number
B.
Biot number
Answer
C.
Stanton number
D.
Prandtl number

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Biot number is the ratio of the internal resistance of a body to heat conduction to its external resistance to heat convection.