PIRA DCS: Thermodynamics


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4A-Thermal Properties of Matter
10. Thermometry
20. Liquid Expansion
30. Solid Expansion
40. Properties of Materials at Low Temperatures
50. Liquid Helium
4B-Heat and the First Law
10. Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
20. Convection
30. Conduction
40. Radiation
50. Heat Transfer Applications
60. Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
70. Adiabatic Processes
4C-Change of State
10. PVT Surfaces
20. Phase Changes: Liquid-Solid
30. Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas
31. Cooling by Evaporation
32. Dew Point and Humidity
33. Vapor Pressure
40. Sublimation
45. Phase Changes: Solid - Solid
50. Critical Point
4D-Kinetic Theory
10. Brownian Motion
20. Mean Free Path
30. Kinetic Motion
40. Molecular Dimensions
50. Diffusion and Osmosis
4E-Gas Law
10. Constant Pressure
20. Constant Temperature
30. Constant Volume
4F-Entropy and the Second Law
10. Entropy
30. Heat Cycles


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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007


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