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Offline mandalif

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thermal energy
« on: December 28, 2009, 02:32:28 PM »
what are defrences between temprature and thermal energy?

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Re: thermal energy
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2009, 04:03:46 PM »
Temperature is a state variable that does not depend on the amount of substance present whereas thermal energy can vary depending on the amount of substance. For example, if you had a swimming pool containing water at 300K it would contain much more thermal energy than a shot glass containing water at 300K.

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