Explain conduction.

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Explain conduction.

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Conduction is a process of heat transfer between two materials maintained at different temperatures. In this process  heat energy is directly transmitted from one material(At the high temperature) to another (At the lower temperature) due to difference in temeparatures in both materials, without movement of the material itself.

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