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Interpretation: The increase in temperature experienced by the human body when it behaves like an isolated system of mass
Concept introduction: The system is said to have gone through a process when the initial state is changed to the final state. The properties of the system such as temperature, pressure, enthalpy, entropy are changes in
The intrinsic physical property of a substance that is required to measure the quantity of heat energy needed to change the temperature of the substance by a given quantity is known as heat capacity.
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