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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]
- 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]: Unit of temperature, defined by a scale in which the melting point of water is set to zero, and the temperature difference between the melting and the boiling points to 100. [e]
- 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]
- Conduction (heat) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Convection (heat) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Count Rumford [r]: (1753–1814) An American born soldier, statesman, scientist, inventor and social reformer. [e]
- Electromagnetic radiation [r]: a collection of electromagnetic waves, usually of different wavelengths. [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]
- Erg (unit) [r]: A cgs unit of energy (obsolete); 1 erg = 10−7 joule [e]
- Fahrenheit (unit) [r]: A unit of temperature, defined by the melting point of water being at 32 degrees (°F), and the temperature difference between the melting and the boiling points to 180. [e]
- Heat of combustion [r]: The energy released as heat when a substance undergoes complete combustion with oxygen. [e]
- Infrared radiation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Internal energy [r]: Energy of a system in absence of interaction of the system with external fields [e]
- James Prescott Joule [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joule [r]: The SI unit of energy (symbol: J) which is a measure of the capacity to do work or generate heat. [e]
- Julius Robert Mayer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kelvin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Laws of thermodynamics [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Laws of conservation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Radiation (heat) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rankine (unit) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rudolph Clausius [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Specific heat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Specific heat ratio [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Temperature [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Temperature conversion [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Work (Physics) [r]: Add brief definition or description