Explain why, when a sample is heated in two successive temperature intervals, the…

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics

Problem

Explain why, when a sample is heated in two successive temperature intervals, the total heat absorbed by the sample equals the sum of the heat absorbed in each individual interval.

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