enthalpy

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ἐνθάλπω (enthálpō).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˌenˈθal.piː/
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Noun

enthalpy (countable and uncountable, plural enthalpies)

1. (deprecated template usage) (physics) In thermodynamics, a measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

   $H=U+pV$, where H is enthalpy, U is internal energy, p is pressure, and V is volume.

Translations

a measure of the heat content

• Basque: entalpia
• Esperanto: entalpio
• German: Enthalpie (de) f
• Greek: ενθαλπία (el) f (enthalpía)
• Hungarian: entalpia (hu)
• Norwegian: entalpi (no)
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• Polish: entalpia (pl) f, zawartość cieplna f
• Russian: энтальпия (ru) f (ental'píja)
• Spanish: entalpía (es) f
• Swedish: entalpi (sv) c
• Turkish: entalpi

See also

• Gibbs free energy