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idontbelievestuff1 t1_j9e818j wrote

Reply to comment by zachtheperson in ELI5: How exactly does heat increase the kinetic energy of particles? by LevelMedicine3539

i could be wrong but i think the ops question is something like this....

if you put a flame under a piece of steel, the particles in the steel move around faster, which we feel as heat.....but why does the flame make them move faster?

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jaa101 t1_j9e9ouu wrote

Mostly conduction, meaning the particles of the hot gases of the flame are moving very fast and keep bumping into the steel particles.

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