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Internal heat is the heat source from the interior of celestial objects, such as stars, brown dwarfs, planets, moons, dwarf planets, and (in the early history of the Solar System) even asteroids such as Vesta, resulting from contraction caused by gravity (the Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism), nuclear fusion, tidal heating, core solidification (heat of fusion released as molten core material solidifies), and radioactive decay. The amount of internal heating depends on mass; the more massive the object, the more internal heat it has; also, for a given density, the more massive the object, the greater the ratio of mass to surface area, and thus the greater the retention of internal heat. The internal heating keeps celestial objects warm and active.

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Internal heating

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Neptune

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varied weather when compared to Uranus is due in part to its higher internal heating. The upper regions of Neptune's troposphere reach a low temperature...

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District heating

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Spontaneous combustion

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source and a working fluid. Heat exchangers are used in both cooling and heating processes. The fluids may be separated by a solid wall to prevent mixing...

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Effective temperature

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temperature for some planets, such as Jupiter, would need to include the internal heating as a power input. The actual temperature depends on albedo and atmosphere...

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internal speaker/radio and filtration equipment. The suit had an internal heating system to regulate the body temperature. It was also thick enough to...

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List of largest lakes and seas in the Solar System

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Milky Way galaxy, based on mathematical modeling studies of their internal heating rates. The majority of such worlds would probably have subsurface oceans...

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Radiant heating and cooling

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Photoflash capacitor

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designed to supply high discharge current pulses without excessive internal heating. The principal properties of a capacitor are capacitance, working voltage...

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Geothermal activity

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fires or by large deposits of radioactive elements. Other sources of internal heating can be gravitational differentiation of substances, tidal friction...

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Plastic welding

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welding methods for thermoplastics can be classified as external and internal heating methods, as shown in Fig 1. Production of a good quality weld does...

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Cockpit

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windows in large aircraft have an anti-reflective coating, and an internal heating element to melt ice. Smaller aircraft may be equipped with a transparent...

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Water heating

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Diamond anvil cell

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in place. Heating in diamond-anvil cells is typically done by two means, external or internal heating. External heating is defined as heating the anvils...

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in 1889. In 1889, Hall's production began to use the principle of internal heating. By September 1889, Hall's production grew to 385 pounds (175 kilograms)...

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