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If a single molecule does not have a temperature, what does temperature measure?
Science & Mathematics by Anonymous 2018-06-16 17:03:23
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If a single molecule does not have a temperature, what does temperature measure?
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Anonymous
Temperature..... Temperature is a bulk property. That means that only a relatively large collection of molecules can have a temperature since temperature is proportional to the average kinetic energy of all of the molecules. KE = (3/2)kT