atomic heat

British  

noun

1. the product of an element's atomic weight and its specific heat (capacity)

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atomic heat

Whatever its source, Jack’s atomic heat threatens to warp the linoleum tiles on the kitchen floor.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2012

He remembers staring at the tiles that had bubbled from the atomic heat.

From Time Magazine Archive

The modified generalization of Gay-Lussac—"Equal volumes of elementary gases contain equal numbers of atoms;" the laws of "isomorphism" and of "atomic heat;" and the two empirical rules stated on p.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)

Atomic and Molecular Heats.—The ideal atomic heat is the thermal capacity of a gramme-atom in the ideal state of monatomic gas at constant volume.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

Some authors adopt 2.5 and some 3.5 for the ideal atomic heat.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various