So, when you heat food, or any material, the particles heat up and transfer energy from their thermal energy store to their kinetic energy store and they start moving faster. Which is why you ...

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In thermoelectric materials, the application of a temperature gradient generates a voltage, and vice versa. By exploiting this coupling between thermal and electrical properties, devices can be ...

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Aluminum nitride ceramics first stand out with their excellent thermal properties. It has extremely high thermal conductivity, which makes it highly favored in the field of electronic packaging. The ...

Most metals expand when their temperature rises. The Eiffel Tower, for example, is about 10 to 15 centimeters taller in ...

Hot material The crystal structure of cordierite gives the material its unique thermal properties. (Courtesy: M Dove and L Li/Matter) The anomalous and ultra-low thermal expansion of cordierite ...

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The study uncovers the invar effect, enabling the creation of a pyrochlore magnet with unprecedented thermal expansion ...