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Thermodynamics
Physics · Chapter 19 · Units 7-9: Properties of Bulk Matter; Heat and Thermodynamics; Kinetic Theory of Gases
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- Thermal equilibrium and the zeroth law; heat, internal energy (state property) and work
- First law Q = delta U + W; sign convention; W = integral of p dV; isothermal, adiabatic and isochoric special cases
- Isothermal and adiabatic changes on PV graphs: PV = constant and PV^gamma = constant; 1 cal = 4.186 J
- Work done in isothermal and adiabatic processes (derivations); work as area under a PV graph; principal and molar heat capacities; Cp - Cv = R
- Second law (Kelvin and Clausius statements); reversible and irreversible processes; heat engine; Carnot cycle and efficiency 1 - T2/T1