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Grade 12Thermal Physics

what is heat

Profile image of ganesh
11 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of PRAPULPODISHETTI
11 Years ago
In physics, heat is energy in transfer other than as work or by transfer of matter. When there is a suitable physical pathway, heat flows from a hotter body to a colder one. The transfer results in a net increase is entropy.
Profile image of KUNCHAM SAMPATH
11 Years ago
Heat travels in waves like other forms of energy, and can change the matter it touches. It can heat it up-which starts molecules moving or it can cause chemical ...
Profile image of SHANMUKESHWAR
11 Years ago
 
In physics, heat is energy in transfer other than as work or by transfer of matter. When there is a suitable physical pathway, heat flows from a hotter body to a colder one. The transfer results in a net increase is entropy.
 
Profile image of Aditya Raj
11 Years ago
Heat is the transfer of kinetic energy from a medium or object to another, or from an energy source to a medium or object. Such energy transfer can occur in three ways: radiation, conduction, and convection