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TEMPERATURE
HEAT
PHYSICS IN ACTION
1. Put some hot
water, warm water,
and cold water in
three open
containers.
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2. Dip a finger in the
hot water and a
finger of the other
hand in the cold
water.
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3. After a few
seconds, place
them both in the
warm water.
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QUESTIONS:
HEAT
MOVES
FROM THE
HAND TO
THE ICE.
HEAT IS ALSO
DEFINED AS A
FORM OF ENERGY
DUE TO THE
MOTION OF
MOLECULES.
HEAT AND
TEMPERATURE
HOW IS HEAT
DIFFERENT FROM
TEMPERATURE?
A B C
100C 10C 100C
100 g 100 g 20 g
water water water
Volume B
A
Temperature (C)
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TF = TC + 32 = (330) + 32
5 5
TF = 594 + 32 = 626 F
Illustrative example 2
Body temperature is normal at 98.6
F. What is the corresponding
temperature on the Celsius scale?
5 5
TC = (TF 32) = (98.6 - 32)
9 9
5
TC = (66.6) = 37C
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Illustrative example 3
What is the corresponding
temperature of the normal body
temperature on the absolute scales?
WHEN A MATERIAL IS
HEATED, IT EXPANDS.
A. EXANSION OF SOLIDS
Solids expand when heated and
contract when cooled. They
increase in length as well as in
width and in thickness. They
expand in all direction.
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B. EXPANSION IN LIQUIDS
IN LIQUIDS, THE MOLECULES ARE
ARRANGED FARTHER APART THAN IN
SOLIDS. THEY CAN MOVE ABOUT
FASTER, HENCE THEY EXPAND AND
CONTRACT MORE THAN SOLIDS.
WATER IS AN EXEPTION TO THIS
PRINCIPLE OF LIQUID EXPANSION. IT
EXPANDS WHEN HEATED. IT
CONTRACTS WHEN COOLED BUT ONLY
UP TO 4C. WHEN COOLED FURTHER TO
0C, IT EXPANDS SLIGHTLY.
ICE IS AN EXPANDED FORM,
AND IS THEREFORE LIGHTER
THAN WATER VOLUME PER
VOLUME.
THIS EXPLAINS
WHY A TIGHTLY
COVERED BOTTLE
FILLED WITH
WATER BREAKS AS
SOON AS IT
FREEZES INTO
ICE.
C. EXPANSION OF GASES
AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE CAN
CAUSE AN INCREASE IN KINETIC
ENERGY OF THE GAS MOLECULES. SINCE
THE MOLECULES ARE VERY FAR APART
FROM ONE ANOTHER, GASES EXPAND
AND CONTRACT THE MOST.
WHILE THE RATE OF EXPANSION AND
CONTRACTION DIFFER BETWEEN SOLIDS
AS WELL AS LIQUIDS, THE RATE IS THE
SAME FOR ALL GASES.
EXPANSION OF GAS
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EFFECTS OF HEAT ON
MATTER
2. PHASE CHANGE
WHEN HEAT IS
ABSORBED OR
RELEASED MATERIALS
CHANGE PHASE.
MELTING
IF HEAT IS ADDED
TO A SOLID, THE
SOLID BECOMES A
LIQUID.
FREEZING
IF HEAT ENERGY IS
RELEASED FROM A
LIQUID,, THE
LIQUID BECOMES A
SOLID.
WHEN A LIQUID
GAINS HEAT
ENERGY, THE
LIQUID BECOMES A
GAS OR VAPOR.
EVAPORATION
WHEN THE KINETIC ENERGY OF A
LIQUID RISES, THE MOLECULES
MOVES FASTER CAUSING THEM
TO BUNP ONE ANOTHER. The
MOLECULES ON THE SURFACE OF
THE LIQUID ARE BUNPED OFF THE
LIQUID AS VAPOR OR GAS.
EVAPORATION
THERMOMETRY
HEAT REFERS TO THERMAL
ENERGY BEING TRANSFERRED
OR TAKEN UP BY A BODY,
TEMPERATURE ON THE OTHER
HAND, IS THE AMOUNT OF
THERMAL ENERGY THAT A
BODY HAS TAKEN UP.
HEAT AND TEMPERATURE
WHEN A BODY ABSORBS THERMAL
ENERGY, ITS TEMPERATURE
RISES.
IF IT RELEASES THERMAL
ENERGY, ITS TEMPERATURE
GOES DOWN. The temperature of a
body indicates its ability to give up to,
or absorb heat from, other bodies.
HEAT TRANSFER