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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Heat related illnesses includes a wide range diagnoses from benign heat rash to heat stroke | *Heat related illnesses includes a wide range diagnoses from benign [[heat rash]] to [[heat stroke]]. | ||
*Heat dissipation | *Heat dissipation | ||
**Conduction: heat exchange between two surfaces in contact | **Conduction: heat exchange between two surfaces in contact | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 27 November 2016
Background
- Heat related illnesses includes a wide range diagnoses from benign heat rash to heat stroke.
- Heat dissipation
- Conduction: heat exchange between two surfaces in contact
- Convection: heat exchange between a surface and a fluid
- Radiation: transfer of heat between body and environment through electromagnetic waves