heat capacity
Temperature change resistance
Heat capacity is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a substance by a given amount, typically one degree.
Materials with high heat capacity—like water—absorb substantial energy before warming noticeably, which is why oceans moderate coastal climates.
The term appears in physics and engineering: The heat capacity of the metal determines how quickly it cools.
Instrument measuring heat transfer
- joulesSI energy units
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- kilocaloriesUnits measuring food energy
- BTUHeat measurement abbreviation
thermal mass · mass · temperature change · megajoules · units · thermometry · bomb calorimeter
Quantified chaos in systems
- thermal equilibriumEqual temperature throughout system
- isothermalAt uniform temperature
- isobaricHaving uniform pressure
- exothermicReleasing energy as heat
Material storing thermal energy
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- waterClear essential liquid
- metalsLustrous conductive elements
- ceramicsHardened clay objects
concrete · coolant · refractory · building materials · thermal regulation
Scottish masculine name
- CelsiusMetric temperature unit
- FahrenheitScale freezing at thirty-two
- melting pointLiquefaction threshold temperature
- boiling pointVaporization threshold
freezing point · thermal expansion · temperature change · warming · cooling · convection · radiation · thermal equilibrium
calorimeter
Instrument measuring heat transfer
- joulesSI energy units
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- kilocaloriesUnits measuring food energy
BTU · thermal mass · mass · temperature change · megajoules · units · thermometry · bomb calorimeter
entropy
Quantified chaos in systems
- thermal equilibriumEqual temperature throughout system
- isothermalAt uniform temperature
- isobaricHaving uniform pressure
thermal mass
Material storing thermal energy
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- waterClear essential liquid
- metalsLustrous conductive elements
ceramics · concrete · coolant · refractory · building materials · thermal regulation
Kelvin
Scottish masculine name
- CelsiusMetric temperature unit
- FahrenheitScale freezing at thirty-two
- melting pointLiquefaction threshold temperature
boiling point · freezing point · thermal expansion · temperature change · warming · cooling · convection · radiation · thermal equilibrium · climate
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- heatthermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection, insulators
- unitsunit, angstrom, yard, meter, base units
- chemistryatom, atoms, organic chemistry, molecule, chemistry
- Physics quantitiesacceleration, amplitude, area, current, distance
- Heat conceptsmelting, evaporation, conduction, convection, boiling