Temperature

Shell Temperature The temperature of the skin or tissues immediately underlying the skin is called shell temperature. This temperature includes the temperature of the skin,…

Temperature is the property of a system that determines whether or not the system is in thermal equilibrium with other systems. Body Temperature The property…

The sensitivity of a thermometer refers to the minor temperature transform that can be detected or considered. The sensitivity of a thermometer is defined as…

If two wires of dissimilar metals, say copper and iron, be joined at two ends and if the two junctions be maintained at two different…

Definition: Thermistor is one kind of semi conducting device which is used for measuring temperature. The name comes from thermal resistance. The resistance of the…

Definition: It is observed that if a body, hotter than the environment, is kept at open space, it loses heat until the temperatures of the…

Definition: The branch of physics (or heat) relating to the measurement of the temperature of a body is called thermometry. A thermometer is an instrument…

Thermal Capacity The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a body through 1K is called the heat capacity of that body. The…

As the pressure acts on the surface of contact of the two pieces of ice, the melting point goes down i.e. the melting point becomes…

Almost all the substances expand due to application of heat and contract for the extraction of heat. When a body is heated the heat energy…