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Thermal contact |
When 2 bodies are in contact such that heat is able to flow from one to another |
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Thermal equilibrium |
When 2 bodies are in thermal contact but there is no NET transfer of heat between them |
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Zeroth law of thermodynamics |
If A is in thermal equilibrium with C and B is in thermal equilibrium with C, then A & B are also in thermal equilibrium |
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Application of the Zeroth law |
Temperature measurements (thermometry) |
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Thermometry |
The measurement of the temperature of a body |
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Heat reservoir |
A system which is able to receive or lose any amount of heat without a change in temperature |
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Heat |
A type of energy which flows between two bodies due to a temperature gradient |
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Temperature |
A measurement of the degree of the average molecular kinetic energy of a body |
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Bodies in thermal equilibrium |
Have the same TEMPERATURE |
