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 ==== Two Blocks in Contact ==== ==== Two Blocks in Contact ====
  
-[{{ 183_notes:heat_exchange.001.png?350|The hotter block will transfer energy across the boundary to the cooler block through microscopic work, $Q$.}}]+[{{ 183_notes:week10_heattransfer1.png?350|The hotter block will transfer energy across the boundary to the cooler block through microscopic work, $Q$.}}]
  
 Two blocks are placed in contact (figure to right). One block is hot (red) and the other is cold (blue). Your experience tells you that in time, the hot block will become cooler and the cold block will become warmer. Eventually, the two blocks will [[183_notes:internal_energy#achieving_thermal_equilibrium|achieve the same (intermediate) temperature]]. Two blocks are placed in contact (figure to right). One block is hot (red) and the other is cold (blue). Your experience tells you that in time, the hot block will become cooler and the cold block will become warmer. Eventually, the two blocks will [[183_notes:internal_energy#achieving_thermal_equilibrium|achieve the same (intermediate) temperature]].
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 If, instead, the system under consideration is cooler than its surroundings, then it will decrease the thermal energy of its surroundings (lower the temperature of the surroundings). At the same time, the temperature of the system itself will rise. Thus, the total energy of the system will increase ($\Delta E_{sys} > 0$). Hence, the sign of $Q$ is positive. Energy has been transferred into the system. This is represented by the blue block below. If, instead, the system under consideration is cooler than its surroundings, then it will decrease the thermal energy of its surroundings (lower the temperature of the surroundings). At the same time, the temperature of the system itself will rise. Thus, the total energy of the system will increase ($\Delta E_{sys} > 0$). Hence, the sign of $Q$ is positive. Energy has been transferred into the system. This is represented by the blue block below.
  
-{{ 183_notes:heat_exchange.004.png?500 }}+{{ 183_notes:week10heattransfer2.png?500 }}
  
 ==== Examples ==== ==== Examples ====
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