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Heat Energy Transfer by Convection

Miller shows the strange fact that damp air is lighter than dry air. He also reflects on a hub of different metals and how one can show the rates at which metals conduct heat away. His most fascinating fact: there are three times ten to the nineteenth power molecules of gas in one cubic centimeter of air.

English
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Network PBS
  • Created November 9, 2006 by
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