This topic (Thermodynamics) is treated at the level of first year undergraduate (college student).
Temperature & Heat
- Basic Concepts
- The Zeroth Law Of Thermodynamics
- Measurement Of Temperature
- Temperature Scales
- Thermal Expansion
- Heat Capacity
Heat Transfer mechanisms:
Conduction:
Convection:
Radiation
Kinetic Theory Of Gases
- Equation-of-state – Ideal Gas Law
- Concept Of Kinetic Temperature
- Root-mean-square speed of the gas particles
- Mean Free Path
- The Boltzmann Distribution
- The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
- Theorem Of Equipartition Of Energy
- Counting the number of modes
- Heat Capacity Of Gases
- Crisis for equipartition theorem
- Heat Capacity Of Solids
First Law Of Thermodynamics
- Definition and concepts of thermodynamics
- Work output by gas pistons
- Work is a path variable
- Heat is a path variable
- Reversible & Irreversible Thermodynamic Processes
- Cyclic processes
- Definition of first law of thermodynamics
- More about internal energy
Heat Engine
- Concept of heat engines and heat pumps
- Isothermal Process
- Adiabatic Process
- Isochoric Process & Isobaric Process
- Heat pumps
Second Law Of Thermodynamics
- Heat Engines – Thermal Efficiency
- Definition of second law of thermodynamics
- The Carnot Engine
- Thermal Bottleneck
- Otto cycle and diesel engine
- Entropy
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