Enhanced Heat Transfer Visualizer
Key Concepts:
Thermal Energy (Q) is the total kinetic energy of all particles in a substance (Joules).
Temperature (T) is the average kinetic energy per particle (calculated as Q/m).
When two objects at different temperatures are connected, heat flows from the hotter to the colder object until they reach thermal equilibrium.
Body A
500 J
Temperature: 500.0 K
Body B
500 J
Temperature: 250.0 K
Cooler
→
Hotter
Observations:
Body A has higher temperature than Body B because it has the same thermal energy but less mass. Temperature = Thermal Energy / Mass.
Thermal Equilibrium Reached!
Heat Transfer Simulation
When two bodies are connected, heat flows from the higher temperature body to the lower temperature body until they reach the same temperature.