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  • 04-01-2019
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If heat is energy being transferred between hot and cold water, why would it be incorrect to say that temperature measures heat?

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  • 04-01-2019

For the same reason that the amount of water you pour into a container doesn't tell me the depth. The depth in a teapot and a swimming pool are different even if you pour the same amount of water into both of them.

The temperature change of a boxcar load of lead and a gallon jug of Oxygen are different, even if you transfer the same amount of heat into both of them.

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