enthalpy

Signification (Anglais)

A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

Concepts

Synonymes

heat content

total heat

heat enthalpy

heat function

Traductions

ενθαλπία

entalpia

entalpi

enthalpie

Wärmeinhalt

contingut calorífic

المُحْتوى الحرارِي

الطاقة الداخليّة للجسم و نتاج حجمه المضروبان في الضّغط

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɛn.θəl.piː/
Étymologie (Anglais)

From Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-, “in”) + θάλπω (thálpō, “to warm”). Coined by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, but first used in print by J. P. Dalton in 1909 in a paper titled "Researches on the Joule-Kelvin-effect, especially at low temperatures".

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