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petergriffen
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Eternity INC.
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Posted - 2007.02.18 16:47:00 -
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Heat cannot diffuse through a vacuum, afaik.
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petergriffen
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.02.18 17:20:00 -
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Yes, I have. Infrared radiation is the heat generated by light. It has to have something to heat up. Infrared radiation would keep the outside shell of a ship warm, but it wouldn't warm the space around it because there is nothing to transfer to.
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petergriffen
Amarr
Eternity INC.
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Posted - 2007.02.18 19:49:00 -
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 Originally by: Sean Hernandez
radiant heat loss is light - kind of...
Energy is lost in the Infrared part of the spectrum and the rate of heat loss depends on the temperature of the emitter (ships) and the temperature of the surrounding surface (in this case big black vacuum), yes I know it is not a surface, but in the physics of heat transfer it is considered as such
you seem to have an idea more along the lines of convection heat loss
to the OP
the idea has merit but I think would make larger battles impossible - and how many supernovae does a titan give out? I don't think this could be put into practice without making the servers do twice as much work 
The Damnation would get a bonus for being black too 
No argument about infrared radiation here
But ships technically shouldn't give off their own light radiation, unless it is reflected (or it was just hit by one of my Tach II's :))
The heat transfer I'm questioning is between two ships
Is it feasible that one ship could transfer heat to another ship across a vacuum? Wouldn't that be a form of convection? The way I'm thinking is much like the way a window in your home would work. Heat diffuses to cold rather than the opposite. The vacuum space between the two panes of glass (the ships) won't allow heat from the inside to transfer to the cold on the outside (or the opposite if you're in the southern hemisphere as of this posting :)) because there is no medium to transfer across (space)
Am I correct in my thinking?
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petergriffen
Amarr
Eternity INC.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.02.18 21:19:00 -
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I think you're missing what I'm saying...
Lets say an Apoc is sitting next to a Crusader
Apoc fires it's Tachyon laser (PEEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!!) <---- definitely necessary 
The heat generated from the tachyon shouldn't transfer to the hull of the Crusader, because there's no way for it to transfer. The energy isn't being emitted as light radiation. Think on terms of a space heater. The heater warms the air around it, as with anything that generates it's own heat. If there's no air around the object to be heated, the heat cannot be transferred in this manner. Radiation from a celestial object like the sun is different, because it's releasing visible light, radio waves... all kinds of fun stuff. So yeah, I can see infrared rays or gamma rays or ray charles heating the hull of any ship in sight, but I don't think two objects in close proximity can transfer heat in the same way... Can they?
Perhaps I do need to do some research on the subject.
I'll post later with my findings :)
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