Chemistry (7th Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Gases: Their Properties and Behavior - Section Problems - Page 404: 92

Answer

Heat and temperature are two distinctly different concepts and units of measurement and they differ in that heat is defined as the transfer of energy from one object to another due to a difference in temperature. Temperature, by comparison, is a measure of the kinetic energy contained within molecular motion.

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Heat and temperature are two distinctly different concepts and units of measurement and they differ in that heat is defined as the transfer of energy from one object to another due to a difference in temperature. Temperature, by comparison, is a measure of the kinetic energy contained within molecular motion.
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