Re: heat is "real", but...

["Daniel L. MacIsaac" <Dan.MacIsaac@NAU.EDU>]

> > > But who insists that "heat" is a substance?  Perhaps words are being put
> > > into the mouths of the "heat believers" to make their viewpoint look
> > > foolish.  Heat is only "substance-like"  in that it is a conserved
> > > quantity in some circumstances.
Well, if substance means has mass, and heat (thermal energy) has mass via
mass-energy equivalence, then heat is a substance, no?

Dan M

Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern AZ Univ
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