3.2 Heat and Temprature - ClassNotes
3.2 Heat and Temprature - ClassNotes
3.2 Heat and Temprature - ClassNotes
What is Heat?
Heat is the form of energy which is transferred between two substances at different temperatures.
In the above picture, water is boiling on a gas burner in a utensil. It can be observed that heat energy is
transferred from the gas burner to the water when boiled. The water gets boiled at 100 °C, which is its
temperature, and is measured with the help of a thermometer.
Example:
When we fill a container with water and place it on the stove, the container heats up. The reason for this
is that water molecules flow in all directions equally and clash with one another, causing the water’s
temperature to rise and grow hotter.
SI unit of Heat is Joule (J) and can also be measured in Calories (Cal). Both units are related as,
1 cal = 4.186 J
Experiment 1:
Both the cups the amount of water is the same, which indicates that the mass an volume will be the
same for both the cups. One of the cup is exposed to Heat and hence the temprature of the liquid in that
cup alone increases.
If we have a closer look at the particles of matter in both the cups, the movement of particles of matter
will be more in the second cup as the temprature is increased which increases the thermal energy of the
liquid.
In this case, where the particles of matter move radiply the spacing between the paricles increases
hence the volume increases.
Increase in volume will eventually decrease the density.
Experiment 2:
The water in both the glasses is at the same temperature. There is a larger
volume of water in one glass, so it has more particles of matter in it. As there are more particles, the
total thermal energy (heat) of all these particles is greater than in the water with fewer particles. That
means the larger volume of water has greater total thermal energy (heat) than the smaller volume, even
when their temperatures are the same.
As the temperature rises, the volume of substances usually increases due to the increased
space occupied by the particles!