CHAPTER 13 : CALORIMETRY AND MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT

In this chapter we will consider the change in internal energy of a system, when heat energy is exchanged with it, and ignore the changes in the external energy of the system. When the substance remains in the same state then the change in internal energy is proportional to the change in temperature, whereas when the substance changes its state (eg. from solid to liquid) the change in internal energy is manifested in terms of the difference of internal energy in the two states and not as the change in temperature.

13.1 Heat Capacity (H), Water Equivalent (W) & Specific Heat (C)

Heat Capacity (H)

The amount of heat required to change the temperature by 1⁰K of a substance is called its Heat Capacity.

Index

13.1 Heat Capacity, Water Equivalent & Specific Heat
13.2 Latent Heat of Fusion, Freezing, Vaporization and Condensation
13.3 Mechanical Equivalent of Heat

Chapter 14