enthalpy

Meaning

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

Synonyms

heat content

total heat

H

heat enthalpy

heat function

Translations

entalpia

entalpía

enthalpie

ενθαλπία

entalpia

Enthalpie

entalpia

entalpi

enthalpie

Wärmeinhalt

contingut calorífic

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛn.θəl.piː/

Etymology

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".