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To: PROCON

Heat is the kinetic energy of an object

Uh, no, it is not.

4 posted on 05/30/2018 3:32:17 PM PDT by dirtboy

To: dirtboy

Heat is the kinetic energy of an object
Uh, no, it is not.

I think you're being picky.

Perhaps he should of said thermal energy, but kinetic energy is energy an object possesses when in motion.

Isn't heat exchange considered motion?

9 posted on 05/30/2018 3:40:59 PM PDT by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for Totalitarian)

To: dirtboy

It is for this reason that our Thermo instructor forbid us from using the word ‘heat’.

Thermal energy was what we had to use.

15 posted on 05/30/2018 3:45:56 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs

To: dirtboy

At the atomic/molecular level, kinetic energy would indeed govern “heat”.

31 posted on 05/30/2018 4:57:57 PM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)

To: dirtboy

His context is correct.

Heat is the transfer of molecular kinetic energy.

48 posted on 05/30/2018 7:04:23 PM PDT by TheNext

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