PX282 - D2c - convection
- happens from the physical movement of materials
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consider a bubble of gas rising
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the bubble moves slowly, and adiabatically (no energy exchange with the environment)
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as it rises, the background density and temperature decrease
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this causes the bubble to expand, hence changing its density and temperature
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if
the bubble is stable and it falls back -
if
the bubble is unstable, and it keeps rising -
the schwarzschild criterion for stability: