In thermodynamics, heat is energy in transfer between a thermodynamic system and its surroundings by modes other than thermodynamic work and transfer of matter. Such modes are microscopic, mainly 展开

Heat transfer between two bodies
Referring to conduction, Partington writes: "If a hot body is brought in conducting contact with a cold body, the temperature of the hot body falls and … 展开

Heat capacity is a measurable physical quantity equal to the ratio of the heat added to an object to the resulting temperature change. The molar heat capacity is the heat … 展开

As a form of energy, heat has the unit joule (J) in the International System of Units (SI). In addition, many applied branches of engineering … 展开

In common language, English 'heat' or 'warmth', just as French chaleur, German Hitze or Wärme, Latin calor, Greek θάλπος, etc. refers to either thermal energy or 展开

In an 1847 lecture entitled On Matter, Living Force, and Heat, James Prescott Joule characterized the terms latent heat and sensible … 展开

The property of hotness is a concern of thermodynamics that should be defined without reference to the concept of heat. Consideration of hotness … 展开