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since specific heat c changes with temperature, but its treated as a constant in the heat formula, so that means that heat formula Q=mc(T2-T1) is just an approximation? correct?
I see some texts define heat as Heat, q, is thermal energy transferred from a hotter system to a cooler system that are in contact.(from Khan Academy), and some texts define it as energy stored inside of something. from the heat formula, if there is no temperature change, then the heat is 0. So the second definition is incorrect?
do we have a single equation that calculates internal energy stored in a system with no temperature change, for example at a given instant of a bottle of water?
I see some texts define heat as Heat, q, is thermal energy transferred from a hotter system to a cooler system that are in contact.(from Khan Academy), and some texts define it as energy stored inside of something. from the heat formula, if there is no temperature change, then the heat is 0. So the second definition is incorrect?
do we have a single equation that calculates internal energy stored in a system with no temperature change, for example at a given instant of a bottle of water?
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