Thermal Physics
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What we have learnt
- Thermal physics investigates heat, work, and temperature and their impact on matter.
- Temperature measures the average kinetic energy of particles, affecting heat flow direction.
- Heat is defined as energy transfer resulting from temperature differences, not a property of an object.
Key Concepts
- -- Temperature
- A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles within a substance.
- -- Heat
- The transfer of thermal energy from a higher temperature area to a lower temperature area.
- -- Specific Heat Capacity
- The amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a substance by 1°C.
- -- Phase Change
- A physical process in which a substance transitions between different states of matter, involving energy transfer.
- -- Latent Heat
- The thermal energy absorbed or released during a phase change at constant temperature, not changing the temperature.
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