*''Chemical thermodynamics'', which is heat and energy transfers involving chemical reactions within chemical systems.
*''Chemical thermodynamics'', which is heat and energy transfers involving chemical reactions within chemical systems.
−
Thermodynamics has an emphasis on a beginning or initial state of a system, and an end or final state of a system, with the system being all of the interacting components on this energy path.
+
Thermodynamics has an emphasis on a beginning or initial state of a system, and an end or final state of a system, with the system being all of the interacting components on this energy path. Measurements in thermodynamics are usually reported on the [[International System of Units#Kelvin|Kelvin scale]] <ref>David Halliday, "Fundamentals of Physics Extended", John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997 </ref>