Topic B.1

Thermal energy transfers

Topic B.1 - Resources

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Lesson 1

Particulate nature of matter

To determine and predict the behavior of matter, we will need to think about how individual particles move and interact with each other via chemical bonds.

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Topic B.1 - Thermal Energy Transfers

Lesson 2

Thermal Energy Transfer

In our second lesson, we will look at the weird and wonderful world of heat transfer between objects with mass. I hope you like algebra! If you don't like algebra, you can simplify some of it by using the equation solver in your calculator.

Topic B.1 - Thermal Energy Transfers

Lesson 2

Energy Transfer, Black Body curves, Wien's Law and Stefan-Boltzmann distributions

Wien's Law and the Boltzmann distribution

Topic B.1 - Thermal Energy Transfer 2

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How does the particle model of matter help us explain thermal energy transfer, and what are the limitations of using models to represent microscopic phenomena?

To what extent does the interpretation of thermal data (such as in Wien’s Law or specific heat measurements) depend on the assumptions and precision of our instruments?