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Thermodynamics

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Thermodynamics is a branch of physics that studies the movement of energy and how energy instills movement. More precisely, it studies the effects of changes in temperature, pressure, and volume on physical systems at the macroscopic scale by analyzing...


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Heat and Thermodynamics Summary
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In the early days of civilization, heat was a great mystery. Humans considered it an element unto itself, along with earth, air, and water. This idea persisted until the time of Socrates (c. 470-399 b.c.) and Aristotle, who considered heat to be a...
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Thermodynamics Summary
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Thermodynamics, which comes from the Greek word meaning "heat motion" is the science that studies the transfer of energy among different bodies. When a typical power plant produces electricity, water is heated to produce steam by burning fuel. The...
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Thermodynamics Summary
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Thermodynamics is the science that deals with work and heat, and the transformation of one into the other. It is a macroscopic theory, dealing with matter in bulk, disregarding the molecular nature of materials. The corresponding microscopic theory,...
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Thermodynamics Summary
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Thermodynamics is the study of the transformation of energy. In chemistry, thermodynamics refers to the transformations of energy associated with chemical reactions. Thermodynamics deals with quantities (e.g., energy, entropy) known as state functions....
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Thermodynamics Information
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Thermodynamics (from the Greek θερμη, therme, meaning "heat" and δυναμις, dynamis, meaning "power") is a branch of physics that studies the effects of changes in temperature, pressure, and volume on physical systems at the macroscopic scale...


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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Atmospheric Thermodynamics
08/01/2002: 912 words, approx. 3 pages
ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS Craig F. Bohren and Bruce A. Albrecht, 1998, 416 pp., $84.00, hardbound, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-5099044 This book has been out for three or four years now, but has evidently attracted a good deal of interest, which may be why...
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Pharmaceutical Technology Europe
Thermodynamics of packaging
03/01/2000: 2,262 words, approx. 8 pages
The possibility that pharmaceutical products may be exposed to hazardous temperatures during shipping and storage is a concern. This article describes the role of packaging in protecting products from hazardous temperatures, discussing the mechanics of phase changes, the synergy between thermodynamics and packaging, and...
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Investor's Business Daily
The Snow Job Of Kilimanjaro
3/21/2007: 669 words, approx. 2 pages
Climate Change: If Al Gore was so confident about his global warming testimony, why did he break Senate rules requiring submission of an advance copy? Maybe to deny the "deniers" a chance to rebut his theories?Al Gore's contempt for global warming skeptics was shown by...
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Spectroscopy
The Original Scientific Instrument
12/1/2006: 1,415 words, approx. 5 pages
After due consideration in my copious free time, I have reached the conclusion that the world's original scientific instrument was the clock. Yes, I know that people have used mirrors since antiquity, and humanity used their eyes to study the world around them (and used...
 


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