SUMMARY

By : Ashoka

 Heat
is a form of energy transferred from the hotter matter to the colder one due to temperature

difference. Heat is measure ed by uniit of energy, which is Joule.

The quantity of heat required or released to change the temperature of a matter depends on the mass,

specific heat, and the temperature change. (Q= Q=heat (J))

Specific heat is defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperaturenof 1kg matter by 1K.
Heat capacity is defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a matter by 1or

1K. (

The heat absorbed or released by a matter can change the states of matter.
Evaporation is athe phase transition from liquid into gas at any temperature. The factors which can

make evaporation faster are : heating, blowing air through the liquids surface, extending the surface
and decreasing the pressure on the surface.

Boiling is the phase transition from liquid into gas at certain temperature.
Heat of vaporization is the quantity of heat required to convert one unit mass of liquid into gas at its

boiling point

The factors that influenced the boiling point of a substance are pressure and impurity.
Melting is the phase transition from solid into liquid, on the contary freezing is the phase transition

from liquid into solid.

Heat fusion is the quantity of heat required to convert one unit mass of solid into liquid at its melting

temperature.

The factors that influence the melting point of a substance are pressure and impurity.

 If
two subtances with different temperature are mixed, then the heat will flow

from the hotter liquid to the cooler liquid until they reach temperature
equilibrum.

There are three mechanism of heat transfer, i.e:

Conduction : the transfer of heat through a medium in a physical contact without a

flow of the mediums material.

Convection : the transfer of heat by particles motion due to density differrence.
Radiation
: the transfer of heat without medium

Several examples of heat transfer mechanism are iron, vacuum flask and the
occurance of sea and land breezes.