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THEORITICAL BASIC
2.1 Kalor
Kalor is heat that can move from objects that have excess kalor to objects that lack
kalor. Kalor is usually expressed in terms of temperature. In international units, kalor is
expressed in Joules. Other units are expressed as calories. Kalor capacity is defined as the
amount of heat required or released to change the temperature of an object by one unit of
temperature. 1 calorie is defined as the amount of kalor required to heat 1 kg of water by 1°C.
1 calorie = 4.2 Joules and 1 Joule = 0.24 calories. Kalor flows from one part of the system to
another because there is a temperature difference (Puspitasari, 2020). Mathematically, the
amount of kalor absorbed or released by a substance is expressed through the following
equation:
Q
¿
m
.
c
.
∆
T
While the specific heat (c) is the amount of heat (Q) needed to raise the temperature (T) of
one unit mass (m) of the object by one degree. If a metal block (mass m) is heated to
temperature T1 then the block is put into cold water in a calorimeter (with mass m2 and
temperature T2). When the temperature of the metal block drops and the temperature of the
calorimeter and the water inside increases until it reaches thermal equilibrium, the system
temperature is T3 (Puspitasari, 2020). Mathematically, it can be written as follows:
Q
t
e
r
i
m
a