heat capacity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheatandcapacity
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heat
noun
uk/hiːt/us/hiːt/
the quality of being hot or warm, or the temperature ...
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capacity
noun
uk/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofheatandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The temperature rise was obtained from the energy deposition using the temperature dependentheatcapacityfor each material.
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This therefore also applies to a part of a solid body, when c is theheatcapacityof this part.
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These values, such asheatcapacityof oil, insulator constant, amount of energy pumped into heater, mass of robot, etc., are derived from the experiment.
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Oceanic variability over these time scales is damped out by the largeheatcapacityof the ocean.
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The code handles phase changes with latent heat as well as temperaturedependent thermal conductivity andheatcapacity.
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The effect on the surface temperature is fairly small, since theheatcapacityof the surface is rather more than that of the boundary layer.
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Since theheatcapacityfor polystyrene is less than for glass, then the value of t3 1 should grow in magnitude.
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Due to the highheatcapacityof the lattice, we can suppose that the lattice temperature remains more or less constant.
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Theheatcapacitychange # on denaturation is also influenced by the solution conditions.
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Reference is made to extensive or additive properties such as volume,heatcapacity, electric charge, and energy; they are proportional to the mass of the system under consideration.
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Water is a convenient heat storage medium, because it has a high specificheatcapacity.
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Helium is extremely inert both chemically and with respect to nuclear reactions but has a lowheatcapacity, necessitating rapid circulation.
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Contrary to the classical equipartition theorem, at room temperature, the vibrational motion of molecules typically makes negligible contributions to theheatcapacity.
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The molar volume of solid elements is very roughly constant, and (even more reliably) so also is the molarheatcapacityfor most solid substances.
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Occasionally, in engineering contexts, the volumetricheatcapacityis used.
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For instance, arsenic, which is only 14.5% less dense than antimony, has nearly 59% more specificheatcapacityon a mass basis.
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International standards now recommend that specificheatcapacityalways refer to division by mass.
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Molarheatcapacity"per mole of molecules", for both gases and solids, offer figures which are arbitrarily large, since molecules may be arbitrarily large.
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While, in fact, the degrees of freedom corresponding to the momenta of the atoms are quadratic, and thus contribute to theheatcapacity.
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