Why isn’t it sufficient to describe temperature as heat density?

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Why isn’t it sufficient to describe temperature as heat density?

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Because dependent on material, different heat densities will manifest as different temperatures. Water holds a lot more heat per unit mass or volume than air or steel, and is therefore a different temperature when the same amount of heat is applied.

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