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| a thermoelectric device for measuring temperature, consisting of two wires of different metals connected at two points, a voltage being developed between the two junctions in proportion to the temperature difference. |
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| the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a body by 1K/1oC |
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| the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg (unit mass) of a substance by 1 K or 1 oC |
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| The amount of thermal energy required to change the state of 1 kg of a substance without a change in temperature. SLH of fusion is solid to liquid, SLH of vaporisation is liquid to gas. Q = mL |
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the sum of the potential energy and random kinetic energy of all its particle
The energy contained in an object due to random kinetic energy and total potential energy of the molecules of the substance |
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