Heat flux sensor

A heat flux sensor is like a magic thermometer that can tell us how much heat is moving through things. Imagine you're trying to bake some yummy cookies in an oven. You know that the oven has a hot air and it's giving heat to your cookies, but you want to know exactly how much heat is being transferred from the oven into your cookies. This is where a heat flux sensor can help!

The heat flux sensor sits between the oven and the cookies, and it measures how much heat is moving through it. It has a special layer that can detect the heat and turn it into an electrical signal that we can measure. This signal helps us to determine the amount of heat being transferred per unit area, which we call the heat flux.

The heat flux is like a hug between the oven and your cookies, but instead of cuddles it's energy being transferred, and the heat flux sensor is like a thermometer. The heat flux sensor is used in various applications, from cooking in your kitchen to understanding how heat moves through buildings or even measuring the heat flow in a volcano.