Conduction

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 * Conduction takes place in all kinds of forms like solids, liquids, gases, and plasmas.
 * Law of Heat Conduction states that the time rate of heat transfer through a material is proportional to the negative gradient in the temperature and to the area at right angles.
 * Conduction needs matter and does not require any bulk motion of matter.
 * An insulator is used to reduce the rate of heat transfer.
 * Metals are good conductors because their atoms are close together and regularly spaced.

A spoon in a hot cup is an example of heat conduction because the heat from water is conducted along the spoon

A pot can be used to illustrate the process of heat conduction, radiation brings heat to the pot and warms the pot, then the **convection transfers the heat along the handle?**.