In thermodynamics, total energy is a synonym of internal energy. The term seems to have been first employed and used by German physical chemist Fritz Haber in his 1905 formulation of gas reaction thermodynamics. [1]
See also
● Reaction energy
References
1. Haber, Fritz. (1905). Thermodynamics of Technical Gas Reactions (preface, pg. a3). Longmans, Green, and Co.
