Claim · claim:heat-conduction-drives
Temperature gradient —drives→ Heat conduction
The atlas records this claim as established: a temperature gradient drives the heat conduction.
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1cited sources18enumerated routes using it2routes with composition evidence2recorded pathways
Conditions
No conditions recorded.
Constitutive relation
q = −κ · ∇T
Evidence · 1
- [1]A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)
Uses of this claim
recorded pathways · 2
- Heat exchangercommercial · 3 steps
- Radioisotope heater unitcommercial · 7 steps
other enumerated routes · 16
- Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · candidate
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · candidate
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · candidate
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Beta particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · candidate
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Phonons → Phonon drag → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/7 established · candidate
Cite this claim
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:heat-conduction-drives: Temperature gradient —drives→ Heat conduction. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/heat-conduction-drives
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