Thermometry pchem lec

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Thermometry: measuring temperature.

Q1: What is temperature? Just a number?

A1 - the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance.
A2 - a measurement of the average kinetic energy of a particle in a system; 3/2kT <--per molecule

Q2: How do we measure temperature?

A1 - Most commonly we use a thermometer.
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