Unit consistency in energy calculations
What Unit consistency in energy calculations means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definitions of Unit consistency in energy calculations
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Reference: OCR
Keep mass in kilograms, specific heat capacity in J/(kg °C) and state the answer in joules or kilojoules consistently.
Keep mass in kg and energy in J before calculating.
Topics that use Unit consistency in energy calculations
- Changes of state (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Change in temperature
- Changes of state
- Energy, mass and specific latent heat relationship
- latent heat
- Physical versus chemical change
- Recovery of original properties
- Reversibility
- specific heat capacity
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