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Sarthak
Jul 31, 2017

Heat is not the same as temperature of a substance

Explanation:

Heat is a type of energy that flows from bodies at higher temperature to bodies at lower temperature.While temperature is the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a substance.

Thus when you heat a iron rod to #1500^0C#, the intermolecular forces of attraction weaken and it turns into liquid.In this state, iron does not "contain" heat but its molecules have high amount of kinetic energy which causes higher temperature. It radiates this extra kinetic energy in the form of heat.

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