By which mode is heat transferred in solids?

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In solids, heat is transferred through the process of conduction. This is because the molecules in solids are rigid and only vibrate on heating rather than moving from one place to the other. The vibrating molecules of the hotter region hit those molecules in the colder region, causing the transfer of heat.

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