Temperature and Heat Theory Flashcards
What is the tripple point of a body?
The pressure and temperature point where a body can exist as all three states of matter.
[Whether or not it enters the solid, liquid, or gas phase is dependent on its temperature and pressure]
What is the critical point?
The pressure/temperature point where a body stops having distinct gas and liquid phases
What is a super critical fluid?
A fluid that exhibits properties of both a liquid and a gas
What is Latent Heat?
The heat energy transfered that changes the phase of a substance of mass m
What is Specific Heat Capacity?
The heat energy required to change the temperature of a body of mass m by ΔT
What is thermal equilibrium?
The point where the net heat energy transferred in a system is 0.
All bodies in the system are being supplied with, and are supplying, the same amount of energy
