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Exercises Heat and thermodynamics

Quick check from College Physics, 13.1 Temperature

Temperature: quick check

Does the temperature of a body depend on its size?

Answer it in your own words before you look.

Answer
No, the system can be divided into smaller parts each of which is at the same temperature. We say that the temperature is an intensive quantity. Intensive quantities are independent of size.

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From College Physics (1st edition) by OpenStax (Rice University), section 13.1, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Original at openstax.org. We split the solution into steps; the words, numbers and figures are the book's. OpenStax doesn't endorse this site.