Most of them have probably never heard of "caloric" at the beginning of
the class.
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Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU
Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293
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| Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Caloric
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| OK no body is much into caloric.
|
| Let me ask a related question:
|
| What is the mind set of your students as you begin a thermo
| class or the thermo portion of a general physics class? --
| What is the difference in their minds between "heat" and "caloric"?
|
| Jim
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