Chemical Engineering - Heat Transfer - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Heat Transfer - Section 1 (Q.No. 2)
2.
Heat waves
can not pass through vacuum.
travel in straight line.
can be reflected by a mirror.
both (b) and (c).
Answer: Option
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Troy said:   1 decade ago
"heat" can't travel through a vacuum, but light can. Heat transfer occurs by three mechanisms: conduction, convection and radiation (light, in other words). In a vacuum only the last of the three is possible. After all the sun heats the earth despite the vacuum in between the two bodies.

Veena said:   1 decade ago
How the heat waves reflected by a mirror?

Pragnya said:   1 decade ago
Can anyone give me a scientific reason behind?

Shaheer Hassan said:   1 decade ago
Can anyone give me a scientific reason behind?


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