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Heating , Heating
HEATING. House warming continued to depend on the primitive fireplace, often without a chimney, through the seventeenth century. In the mid-e… Calorimetry , Calorimetry is the measurement of the amount of heat gained or lost during some particular physical or chemical change. Heats of fusion or vaporizati… Heat Exhaustion , Heat Exhaustion
Heat exhaustion is the second in the triad of heat-related injuries, more serious than the muscle spasm contraction known as heat cra… Food Poisoning , Food poisoning refers to an illness that is caused by the presence of bacteria , poisonous chemicals, or another kind of harmful compound in a food.… Latent Heat , latent heat (symbol L) Heat absorbed or given out by a substance as it changes its phase at constant temperature. When ice melts, its temperature rem… Furnace , Furnace
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A furnace is a device that produces heat. Not only are furnaces used in the home for warmth, they are used in industry for a varie…
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