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UNIT 1
MODULE 3: THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER (cont’d)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES EXPLANATORY NOTES SUGGESTED PRACTICAL
ACTIVITIES

Design and Use of Thermometers (cont’d)

Students should be able to:

1.3. discuss the advantages and Give typical situations
disadvantages of these where the different types of
thermometers; and, thermometers will be best
suited, based on their
particular advantages.

1.4. recall that the absolute Discussion on absolute zero
thermodynamic scale of and the triple point of water
o
temperature does not (0.01 C).
depend on the property of
any particular Discussion on the
o
substance. conversion of C to K
o
θ/ C = T/K – 273.15

Use the equation
= × 273.16

2. Thermal Properties

Students should be able to:

2.1. express the internal energy
of a system as the sum of
the kinetic and potential
energies associated with
the molecules of the
system;

2.2. relate a rise in temperature
to an increase in internal
energy;

2.3. explain the terms ‘heat
capacity’ and ‘specific heat
capacity’;

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