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Physics: Heat
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- 1What does heat refer to?heat refers to a process of transfer of energy between a system and its surroundings other than by work or transfer of matter.
- 2What is heat measured in?The quantity of energy transferred as heat is a scalar measured in energy units such as the the joule (J)
- 3What is Maxwell's first stipulation for the definition of heat?It is something which may be transferred from one body to another, according to the second law of thermodynamics.
- 4What is Maxwell's second stipulation for the definition of heat?It is a measurable quantity, and thus treated mathematically.
- 5What is Maxwell's third stipulation for the definition of heat?It cannot be treated as a substance, because it may be transformed into something that is not a substance, e.g., mechanical work.
- 6What is Maxwell's fourth stipulation for the definition of heat?Heat is one of the forms of energy
- 7What is latent heat?Latent energy is the energy possessed via a distancing of particles where attraction was over a greater distance, i.e. a form of potential energy
- 8What is sensible heat?Sensible heat as an energy involving the motion of particles or what was known as a living force.
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- Leaving Certificate Science Flashcards on Physics: Heat, created by PatrickNoonan on 18/11/2013.
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