heat: Measures of Heat
Measures of Heat
Temperature is a measure of the average translational kinetic energy of the molecules of a system. Heat is commonly expressed in either of two units: the calorie, an older metric unit, and the British thermal unit (Btu), an English unit commonly used in the United States. Scientists express heat in terms of the joule, a unit used for all forms of energy.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Study and Analysis of Heat
- Transfer of Heat
- Heat of Vaporization
- Heat of Fusion
- Specific Heat
- Measures of Heat
- Bibliography
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