Re: [Phys-l] Third Law of Thermodynamics

[William Robertson <wrobert9@ix.netcom.com>]

IMHO, better to use thermal energy or internal energy instead of heat  
energy.

Bill



On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Aburr@aol.com wrote:

> Of course there is a problem. There are lots of them starting with the
> term heat (which is why I said heat energy). But you wanted the  
> explanation  on
> a HS level.
> Alex. F. Burr
>
>
> In a message dated 1/26/2011 4:38:41 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> PKeller@holmdelschools.org writes:
>
> But isn'  t there a problem with talking about "the last bit of heat  
> in a
> container"?  I thought that there was no such notion as the amount  
> of  heat
> in a container at ANY time.  How do I talk about the "last  bit"?
>
>
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