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@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ Thermodynamics deals with the transfer of heat energy and temperature.
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A region of space, marked off by its boundary.
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It contains some matter and the matter inside is what we are investigating.
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There are two types of sysems:
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There are two types of systems:
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- Closed systems
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- Contain a fixed quantity of matter
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- Work and heat cross bounaries
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- Work and heat cross boundaries
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- Impermeable boundaries, some may be moved
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- Non-flow processes (no transfer of mass)
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@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ c_p &= \frac{\gamma}{\gamma -1} R
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### The Specfic and Molar Gas Constant
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### The Specific and Molar Gas Constant
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The molar gas constant is represented by $\tilde R = 8.31 \text{JK}^{-1}\text{mol}^{-1}$.
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@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ An example of a process is expansion (volume increasing).
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A *cycle* is a process or series of processes in which the end state is identical to the beginning.
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And example of this could be expansion followed by a compression.
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### Reversible and Irreversible Proccesses
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### Reversible and Irreversible Processes
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During reversible processes, the system undergoes a continuous succession of equilibrium states.
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Changes in the system can be defined and reversed to restore the intial conditions
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Changes in the system can be defined and reversed to restore the initial conditions
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All real processes are irreversible but some can be assumed to be reversible, such as controlled
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expansion.
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@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ These properties are the *properties of state* and they always have the same val
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state.
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A *property* can be defined as any quantity that depends on the *state* of the system and is
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independant of the path by which the system arrived at the given state.
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independent of the path by which the system arrived at the given state.
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Properties determining the state of a thermodynamic system are referred to as *thermodynamic
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properties* of the *state* of the system.
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