Temperature and heat Thermal Equilibrium, Temperature Scales, Thermal Expansion, Quantity of Heat, Phase Changes, Mechanisms of Heat transfer
Temperature and heat
Thermal Equilibrium, Temperature Scales, Thermal Expansion, Quantity of Heat, Phase
Changes, Mechanisms of Heat transfer
When a hot object warms a cooler object, does temp. flow between them? Are the temperature changes of the two objects equal?
Temperature and Thermal Equilibrium
• Temperature is a measure of hotness or coldness.• When an interaction causes no further change in
the system, then it is in the state of thermal equilibrium.
• Two systems are in thermal equilibrium if and only if they have the same temperature.
Linear expansion
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Quantity of Heat (Q)
Energy transfer that takes place solely because of temperature difference is called heat flow or
heat transfer, and energy transferred in this way is called heat.
Quantity of Heat (Q)
Calorie (cal) is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of
water from 14.5°C- 15.5°C
Conversion factors for the Quantity of Heat
1 cal = 4.186J1 kcal =1000 cal = 4186 J 1 Btu= 778 ft.lb = 252 cal = 1055 J
Phase Changes
• The term phase is used to describe the specific state of matter.• A transition from one phase to another is
called a phase change or phase transition.
Phase Change
• Heat of fusion (Lf)- the heat required per unit mass in changing solid to liquid
• Heat of vaporization (Lv)- the heat required per unit mass in changing liquid to gas
• Heat of combustion (Lc) - the heat required per unit mass in complete combustion of one gram of gasoline