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Parent topics
- Physics [r]: The study of forces and energies in space and time. [e]
- Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. [e]
Subtopics
- Thermodynamics [r]: The statistical description of the properties of molecular systems [e]
- Engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products. [e]
- Boiling point [r]: The temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the external environmental pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid initiates boiling. [e]
- Calorie [r]: The unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1°C at 1 atmosphere of absolute pressure. [e]
- Celsius [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Celsius (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
- Chemical thermodynamics [r]: The study of the interrelation of heat and work with chemical reactions or with physical changes of state within the confines of the laws of thermodynamics. [e]
- Combustion [r]: A sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of either a glow or flames. [e]
- Count Rumford [r]: (1753–1814) An American born soldier, statesman, scientist, inventor and social reformer. [e]
- Energy (science) [r]: A measurable physical quantity of a system which can be expressed in joules (the metric unit for a quantity of energy) or other measurement units such as ergs, calories, watt-hours or Btu. [e]
- Enthalpy [r]: Energy function of thermodynamic system equal to internal energy plus pV (pressure times volume). [e]
- Fahrenheit and Rankine temperatures [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Heat of combustion [r]: The energy released as heat when a substance undergoes complete combustion with oxygen. [e]
- Joule [r]: The SI unit of energy (symbol: J) which is a measure of the capacity to do work or generate heat. [e]
- Kelvin [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Kelvin (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
- Laws of thermodynamics [r]: Laws which describe the specifics for the transport of heat and work in thermodynamic processes. [e]
- Specific heat [r]: The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a body one degree to that required to raise the temperature of an equal mass of water one degree Celsius. [e]
- Specific heat ratio [r]: The ratio of the specific heat of a gas at constant pressure, , to the specific heat at constant volume, , also sometimes called the adiabatic index or the heat capacity ratio or the isentropic expansion factor. [e]
- Temperature [r]: A fundamental quantity in physics - describes how warm or cold a system is. [e]
