Chapter 10- Heat Flashcards
Measure of average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter
Temperature
Measure of total amount of energy transferred between samples of matter because of the difference in their temperature
Heat
The physical change of a solid to liquid by the addition of heat
Melting
Physical change of liquid to a solid but the removal of heat
Freezing
Amount of heat needed to change 1 g of a liquid to a gas at its boiling point
Heat of vaporization
Amount of heat needed to change 1 g of a solid to liquid at its melting point
Heat of fusion
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by one degree Celsius
Specific heat
A device used to measure heat energy
Calorimeter
The amount of energy absorbed or lost by a system during the process at constant Pressure
Enthalpy change
a measure of the degree of disorder in a system
Entropy