enthalpy

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

enthalpie

Synoniemen

heat content

total heat

H

H

heat enthalpy

heat function

Vertalingen

enthalpie

entalpía

Enthalpie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɛn.θəl.piː/

Etymologie (Engels)

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".