CHAPTER 7
Thermal Behavior
Astronaut Andrew Thomas inspects the ceramic tiles that comprised the thermal protection system (TPS) on the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis, the last shuttle to fly in space. The TPS advanced the state-of-the-art in thermal insulation for the extremely demanding conditions of reentry for the Space Shuttles. (Courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA].)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Define the heat capacity and specific heat of a material in order to quantify the way in which the temperature of a material rises as it absorbs heat from its environment. ...
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