The Basics
Measurements
First Law
Calorimetry
Miscellaneous
100

The transfer of thermal energy from a warm object to a cooler object

Heat

100

A measure of the average kinetic energy of entities in a substance

Temperature

100

A device that is used to measure thermal energy changes in a chemical or physical change

Calorimeter

100

A system in which both matter and energy are free to enter and leave  the system

Open System

100

A reaction that releases energy to the surroundings 

Exothermic

200

The energy of a body or system due to its position or composition

Potential Energy

200

The ability to do work; SI units joules (J)

Energy

200

A group of reactants and products being studied

Chemical System

200

The quantity of heat required to vaporize one mole of a liquid

Molar Heat of Vaporization

200

The quantity of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1° C; SI units J/(g·°C)

Specific Heat Capacity (c)

300

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed from one form into another.

Law of Conservation of Energy

300

The energy required to break a given chemical bond

Bond Dissociation Energy

300

The energy released to or absorbed from the surroundings during a chemical or physical change

Enthalpy Change (∆H)

300

A system in which energy can enter and leave the system but matter cannot

Closed System

300

The enthalpy change associated with a particular chemical reaction units kJ/mol

Molar Enthalpy Change (∆rH)

400

The study of the energy changes that accompany physical or chemical changes in matter

Thermochemistry

400

The amount of energy transferred by a force over a distance; SI units joules (J)

Work

400

All the matter that is not part of the system

Surroundings

400

An ideal system in which neither matter nor energy can move in or out

Isolated System

400

A graph showing the temperature changes a substance undergoes while the substance is heated

Heating Curve

500

The energy of an object due to its motion

Kinetic Energy

500

The total quantity of kinetic and potential energy associated with the motion of particles in a substance

Thermal Energy

500

The most stable form of a substance under a standard conditions 25 °C and 100 kPa.

Standard State

500

The total amount of thermal energy in a substance

Enthalpy (H)

500

The enthalpy change for the conversion of reactants to products is the same whether the conversion occurs in one step or several steps.

Hess’s Law