Chemicals/Thermo question...
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Technically, this is school work...but not a homework or test question. This is just something I'm not very sure of since I've heard teachers use the term interchangebly. I will appreciate it if you can just help me understand the two concepts better.
I was confused between heat and enthalpy. Teachers use the terms without real precaution, so I'm kinda confused. Hope you can help.
Sincerely,
Bhavik
See if these two websites give some clarification. You are correct that chemists can confuse the two, but they are very similar. For example, we will say the enthalpy of a reaction (H), when we mean the change in enthalpy (delta H).
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/Extra_notes_on_thermo.html
http://www.ualberta.ca/~jplambec/che/p101/p01074.htm
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