Thermodynamics
Learn about the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, such as the first and second laws, internal energy, reversible processes, and entropy, as well as their practical applications in heat engines, refrigerators, and life itself.
Introduction to Thermodynamics
The First Law of Thermodynamics
Heat <em>Q</em> and Work <em>W</em>
Internal Energy <em>u</em>
Summarizing the First Law of Thermodynamics
The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes
<em>pv</em> Diagrams and Their Relationship to Work Done On Or by a Gas
Reversible Processes
Summarizing the First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes
Introduction to the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Heat Engines
Summarizing the Introduction to the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Carnot’s Perfect Heat Engine
Summarizing Carnot’s Perfect Heat Engine
Applications of Thermodynamics
Heat Pumps
Air Conditioners and Refrigerators
Summarizing Applications of Thermodynamics
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Entropy and the Unavailability of Energy to Do Work
Heat Death of the Universe: An Overdose of Entropy
Order to Disorder
Life, Evolution, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Summarizing Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Statistical Interpretation of Entropy
Coin Tosses
Disorder in a Gas
Summarizing Statistical Interpretation of Entropy