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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