atomic heat

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

For a diatomic gas, the molecular heat would be nearly five calories, or the atomic heat of a gas in the diatomic state would be 2.5.

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

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)

The atomic heat of a metal in the solid state is in most cases larger than six calories at ordinary temperatures.

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