The theory of heat What is heat? It is a form of energy that flows from one substance to another that is at a lower temperature. Its standard unit is JOULE named after James Prescott Joule. It is also called thermal energy and commonly used symbol for amount of heat is Q.
Temperature It is the property of a substance that gives the sensation of hotness or coldness.
Thermometer Device used to measure temperature.
Optical pyrometer
Device used to measure very high temperature without touching the object. This temperature measuring device operates on the principle that the color of the light given off by glowing objects depends on its temperature.
Temperature Scales: 1.) Celsius scale (centigrade Scale) 2.) Fahrenheit Scale 3.) Kelvin Scale Temperature Scales: 1.) Celsius scale (centigrade Scale) was a device by Anders Celsius based on the property of water of water that 0 and boiling point is 100
Temperature Scales: 2.) Fahrenheit Scale developed by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. In this scale, 32 is the freezing point of water and 212 is the equivalent for boiling point.
Temperature Scales: 3.) Kelvin Scale -named after Lord Kelvin (William Thomson). Used when gasses are involved. Its zero point (0 k) corresponds to -273 is referred to as absolute zero or temperature at which matter is said to have lost all its thermal energy. -It is called the standard scale or the absolute scale. -Kelvin Scale is the standard SI unit of temperature.
Internal Energy
Total kinetic and potential energy of the particles of a substance. When heat flows into an object, its internal energy increases. When heat flows out of the object, its internal energy decreases.
Thermal Equilibrium
-A system is in thermal equilibrium when all of its parts have the same temperature.
Zeroth law of thermodynamics -states that if two objects are in equilibrium with a third object, then these two objects are in thermal equilibrium with each other.
Thermal expansion
The changes in the dimensions of solid, liquid or gas occurring due to the charge in temperature.
When a material is heated, its particles move faster, allowing each other to move farther from its equilibrium position. This means that each particle needs more room to move about in. The overall effect is that material expands.
Thermal expansion may occur in three 3 dimensions: 1.) Linear expansion 2.) Surface expansion 3.) Volume/Bulk expansion
Thermal Expansion 1.) Linear expansion occurs when the material is long but narrow. The dimension that changes is the length.
Thermal Expansion 2.) Surface expansion expansion is in terms of its surface area.
Thermal Expansion 3.) 3.) Volume/Bulk expansion occurs when all 3 dimensions undergo considerable expansions.
Heat exchange
Why do warm and cold bodies placed side by side attain the same temperature eventually? Heat flows from the warm body to the cold body because of the unequal temperatures, which in the process reduces the warm bodys temperature. The heat that flows into the cold body increases the bodys temperature.
Heat Capacity The amount of heat that a given mass of substance absorbs or releases to undergo a temperature change of 1. The standard unit for heat capacity is joule per Kelvin (J/K). Specific heat capacity Refers to the amount of heat that a unit mass of a substance absorbs or losses to change its temperature by 1.
Heat Exchange Law of conservation of energy Implies that if the energy of an object goes up (or it is temperature goes up), that energy is not newly created energy. The energy comes from a source, which is the warm body. Law of heat exchange The amount of energy that the warm body lost is the same as the amount of that cold body gained. This can also be stated as follows: