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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 year agoconduction
The metal atoms in the fins don’t move into the air. They stay on the fins. The fins’ atoms have to transfer their kinetic energy via photon exchange to the atoms in the air.
So conduction is radiation at atomic distances.
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ah, I see we’re getting to the point where it’s hard to tell if we’re being philosophical or pedantic.