Physics GCSE
heating a system
What heating a system means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Changes the energy stored within the system by increasing the energy of the particles that make up the system.
Raising the internal energy of a system, which is shared over every particle.
Topics that use heating a system
- Internal energy (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- change of state
- constant temperature during melting
- constant temperature plateau
- heating curves
- internal energy
- kinetic energy of particles
- potential energy of particles
- Specific latent heat
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