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What is wrong with following statement Given any two bodies, the one with the higher temperature contains more heat.

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The statement shows a misunderstanding of the concept of heat. Heat is a process by which energy is transferre, not a form of energy that is held or contained. If you wish to speak of energy that is contained, you speak of internal energy not heat.
Further, even, if the statement used the term internal energy, it would still be incorrect, since the effects of specific heat and mass are both ignore. A 1 kg mass of water at `20^@C` has more internal energy than a 1 kg mass of air at `30^@C`. Similarly, the earth has far more internal energy than a drop of molten titanium metal. correct statements would be: 1. Given any two bod-ies in thermal contact, the one with the higher product of absolute temperature and specific heat contains more internal energy. All to say is that internal energy depends not only on temperature but also on mass and nature of body.
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