heat vs work

[Sienna Webby 2G]

What is the difference between heat and work?

[hiranya sundar 2D]

Heat is the transfer of energy between objects where as work is another medium of energy transfer. Heat is more closely associated with entropy because when heat is lost to the surroundings, it cannot be used to do work. All in all, they both act like different forms of energy.

[hiranya sundar 2D]

Heat is the transfer of energy between objects where as work is another medium of energy transfer. Heat is more closely associated with entropy because when heat is lost to the surroundings, it cannot be used to do work. All in all, they both act like different forms of energy.

[Nancy Stephany Marquez 3C]

from my understanding work is “mechanical energy” that can be used while heat is thermal energy which can’t.

[Sai Kuppili 2L]

Heat and work are both methods of transferring energy between systems. The distinction is the type of energy. Heat refers to a transfer of thermal energy (heating up a container of gas by increasing the temperature). Work refers to a transfer of mechanical energy (compressing a container of gas).

[305814591]

Heat and work are both forms of energy transfer between a system and its surroundings, but they differ in how the energy is transferred.

Heat transfers energy from a higher-temperature object to a lower-temperature one due to a temperature difference between them. Heat transfer is an irreversible process and leads to an increase in the entropy of a system.

Work, on the other hand, is the transfer of energy to or from a system due to a force acting over a displacement. Work can be done by a system on its surroundings or vice versa. Work transfer can be reversible or irreversible, and it does not necessarily increase the entropy of a system.

[005966393]

I think heat is the transfer of energy due to a temperature difference, while work is due to mechanical energy (force acting over a distance).

[Ethan Chen 1K]

Heat is the transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another, due to a difference in temperature. Work is the quantity of energy transferred from a system to another, and there has to be force. A system can be anything; it is just an object of interest that you identify yourself. Heat actually transfers between two objects, substances, or mediums. They are really related but are different.

[Suraj Kulkarni 2B]

Hi! Heat is the transfer of thermal energy whereas work is basically having to do with mechanical energy. Both are not state properties, but you can "do" work but you can't really "do" heat (that might help in terms of remembering the difference!).

[805810326]

In Physics its generally considered that work is quite literally the force time distance of an object, particle, etc. In Lavelle's lectures he mentioned the piston model many times and likewise the emphasis here is that when the piston is being pushed up, "work" is whats occuring to move it. Heat is more of a scalar in terms of physics and a form of energy that can be transfered from one system to another.

[Kiiana Hilario 2E]

Heat is the transfer of thermal energy, and work is the transfer of mechanical energy.

[Russell Ahmed 2K]

Heat represents a transfer of thermal energy at constant pressure while work represents a transfer of mechanical energy into/out of the system.

[Andrew Greenberg 2D]

Work is achieving motion against an opposing force while heat is energy transferred as a result of temperature difference.