Re: heat is a form of energy

[Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>]

At 11:38 PM 9/8/99 -0400, Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>wrote:
> > LOOK:
> >
> > dU (energy over here on the left side) = Q + W (actions over here on the
> right)
> > Change in a property of the system = Actions DONE to the system
> >. . .
>
> This doesn't make sense dimensionally.
> The symbol Q stands for the increase in the system property U caused by
> the action of heating.  Q does not stand for the action; it stands for the
> increase in U caused by that action!

Bob, I don't think that I understand what you are saying here.
F=ma: are you saying that F does not stand for an action but for the
acceleration caused by that action?

N#2:  I do F to the system and its velocity increases or I do F (an action)
to the system and its KE (a property)  increases.

T#1:  I do Q (an action) to the system and its U (a property) increases.

I truly wish that someone would explain to me what is so difficult to
understand about this. There may well be something that I am missing here.

Jim Green
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