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Are internal energy and heat energy the same ? Exaplain .

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(i) No but they are related. If heat energy is added to substance its internal energy will increase. Internal energy is a measure of the amount of kinetic & potential energy possessed by particles in a substance .
(ii) Heat energy concerns only transfer of internal energy from the hotter to a colder body .
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