in this definition of temperature, is "energy" only kinetic?
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From: hanrahan398 on 1 Mar 2010 13:01 When temperature is defined as the partial derivative of internal energy with respect to entropy, does "internal energy" include just *kinetic* energy? Or does it also include potential energy, e.g. in inter-atomic bonds? Thanks! Michael
From: kunzmilan on 2 Mar 2010 01:29
On Mar 1, 7:01 pm, hanrahan...(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote: > When temperature is defined as the partial derivative of internal > energy with respect to entropy, does "internal energy" include just > *kinetic* energy? > > Or does it also include potential energy, e.g. in inter-atomic bonds? > > Thanks! > > Michael Example: Water: Ice, liqid, wapor, dissociated into atoms, ionized atoms. It seems that it also includes potential energy. kunzmilan |