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Heat conduction occurs when two materials physically touch and one of the materials is hotter than the other. Heat conducted into a surrounding fluid or gas is treated as a special case and is referred to as convection. Heat can also be transmitted from surfaces by radiation (mainly by infrared light).
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Monthei, D.L. (1999). Basics of Thermal Analysis. In: Package Electrical Modeling, Thermal Modeling, and Processing for GaAs Wireless Applications. Electronic Packaging and Interconnects Series, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5111-9_6
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