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 GCSE Science - AQA
P1a Energy and Electricity
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Pans for cooking are usually made of copper or aluminium because they are good conductors of heat. The handle is made from wood or plastic because they are good insulators of heat.

 

     

 P1a Thermal conduction 

Syllabus Summary Questions Answers

       

   1.  Conduction is the process of transfer of heat through solids.

   2.  When a thermal conductor is heated, its atoms start to vibrate more, these atoms pass on

        their vibration energy to neighbouring atoms.

        Thermal conduction is the transfer of heat in solids.

        An example of a poor conductor of heat is wood. It is called an insulator.

        Aluminium is a good conductor of heat.

   3.  As a metal gets hot, its atoms gain kinetic energy and start to vibrate. The kinetic energy is then

        transferred to the cooler parts of the metal by free electrons diffusing through it.