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Heat and Temperature
The Temperature of an object is a measure of the hotness or coldness of that object.
A Thermometric Property is any physical property that changes measurably with temperature.
No two types of thermometers will give exactly similar readings at all temperatures. This is because different thermometric properties do not change proportionally with the same change in degree of hotness.
The Specific Heat Capacity of a substance is the heat energy needed to change one kilogram of the substance by one Kelvin.
The Specific Latent of Fusion (l) is the amount of heat energy need to change 1 kg of the substance from a solid to a liquid without a change in temperature.
The Specific Latent of Vaporisation (l) is the amount of heat energy needed to change 1 kg of the substance from a liquid to a gas without a change in temperature.
Conduction is the movement of heat energy through a substance by the passing on of molecular vibration from molecule to molecule, without any overall movement of the substance.
Convection is the transfer of heat through a fluid by means of circulating currents of fluid caused by the heat.
Radiation is the transfer of heat energy from one place to another in the form of electromagnetic waves.