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How are heat and work similar?

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9y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Heat and work are both expressions of energy. Usually it is a transfer of energy. Both are measured with energy units: Joule, for example, but Work is often expressed as a force multiplied by a distance, such as Newton meter, or foot pound. This comes from how we calculate the amount of work done.

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