Thermal state of a substance which determines the direction of heat flow between it and environment or another substance, with heat being transfered from higher temperature to lower temperature.
A form of energy that can be transfered from higher temperature object/region to lower temperature object/region, the energy being in the form of kinetic energy of the molecules of the substance.
Heat being a form of energy, unit is Joule (J)
SI unit is Kelvin (K)
1 Kelvin = 1/273.16 of the temperature of triple point of water
Specific heat capacity - the amount of heat required to raised the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1 kelvin.
* Unit = J/kg/K
Heat capacity - the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a given object by 1 kelvin
* Unit = J/K
Tissue specific heat capacity is approximately 3.5kJ/kg/C
Solubility is constant for a particular gas and a particular liquid at a particular temperature.
Solubility of gas usually drops with rising temperature.
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