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Typical thermodynamic system - heat moves from hot (boiler) to cold (condenser) and work is extracted. |
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There are 8 summaries on Thermodynamics.
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 Thermodynamics Summary
4,574 words, approx. 15 pages
 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... summary from source:
 Thermodynamics Summary
4,220 words, approx. 14 pages
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,... summary from source:
 Thermodynamics Summary
1,902 words, approx. 6 pages
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.... summary from source:
 Thermodynamics Summary
1,888 words, approx. 6 pages
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.... summary from source:
 Heat and Thermodynamics Summary
1,072 words, approx. 4 pages
 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... summary from source:
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123 words, approx. 0 pages
Study of the relationships among heat, work, temperature, and energy. Any physical system will spontaneously approach an equilibrium that can be described by specifying its properties, such as pressure, temperature, or chemical composition. If external... summary from source:
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 Thermodynamics Summary
3,394 words, approx. 11 pages
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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