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  2. Temperature - Wikipedia

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    Temperature determines the statistical occupation of the microstates of the ensemble. The microscopic definition of temperature is only meaningful in the thermodynamic limit, meaning for large ensembles of states or particles, to fulfill the requirements of the statistical model. Kinetic energy is also considered as a component of thermal energy.

  3. Standard temperature and pressure - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, IUPAC changed its definition of standard temperature and pressure in 1982: [1] [2] Until 1982, STP was defined as a temperature of 273.15 K (0 °C, 32 °F) and an absolute pressure of exactly 1 atm (101.325 kPa).

  4. Laws of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The concept of internal energy and its relationship to temperature. If a system has a definite temperature, then its total energy has three distinguishable components, termed kinetic energy (energy due to the motion of the system as a whole), potential energy (energy resulting from an externally imposed force field), and internal energy. The ...

  5. Thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    Although pressure is defined mechanically, a pressure-measuring device, called a barometer may also be constructed from a sample of an ideal gas held at a constant temperature. A calorimeter is a device which is used to measure and define the internal energy of a system.

  6. Self accelerating decomposition temperature - Wikipedia

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    The package containing the peroxide is placed in oven set for test temperature; The timer starts when product reaches 2 °C below intended test temperature; The oven is held at constant temperature for up to one week or, until a runaway event occurs. Test "Passes" if product does not exceed test (oven) temperature by 6 °C within one week

  7. Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    This convention means that temperature and energy quantities have the same dimensions. [51] [52] In particular, the SI unit kelvin becomes superfluous, being defined in terms of joules as 1 K = 1.380 649 × 10 −23 J. [53] With this convention, temperature is always given in units of energy, and the kelvin unit is not explicitly needed in ...

  8. Second law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions.A simple statement of the law is that heat always flows spontaneously from hotter to colder regions of matter (or 'downhill' in terms of the temperature gradient).

  9. SI base unit - Wikipedia

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    thermodynamic temperature "The kelvin, symbol K, is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to be 1.380 649 × 10 −23 when expressed in the unit J K −1, which is equal to kg m 2 s −2 K −1, where the kilogram, metre and second are defined in terms of h, c and ...