Convection (Latin convectio – delivery) is a delivery process.
Convection is one of the mechanisms that promotes heat transfer. In this case, there is a movement of gaseous, plasma or water particles, clouds, streams, which heat up to varying degrees. At the same time, plasma thickenings having a higher temperature move from the depth to the surface in the convective zones of stars. At this point, they cool down and sink back into the depths. Convection in the Earth’s atmosphere is easily detected when objects move away and lose clarity if observed through heated air rising above a campfire. Heated air flows have a refractive index that differs from the refractive index of cold air. This allows them to be used as lenses.
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