Thermodynamics Week 2
Thermodynamics Week 2
Thermodynamics Week 2
Thermodynamics
What is System?
▪ A thermodynamic system is defined as a quantity of matter or a region in space that is of interest.
▪ A system can exchange exclusively mass, exclusively energy, or both mass and energy with its surroundings
Internal Energy
o The first law states that the change in the internal energy of a
system is equal to the sum of the heat gained or lost by the
system and the work done by or on the system.
o The animation shows a typical thermodynamic system, showing input from a heat source on the left
and output to a heat sink on the right. Work is extracted, in this case by a series of pistons.
First law of Thermodynamics-Mathematical Equation
o Mathematical expression
DQ = DE + DW
DQ = (E2 - E1) + DW DE = E2 - E1
DQ = (E2 - E1) + P DV DW = P DV
First law of Thermodynamics-Example
➢ A bicycle pump provides a good example. when we pump on the handle rapidly, it
becomes hot due to mechanical work done on the gas, raising their by its internal
energy. one such simple arrangement is shown in the figure.
Specific heat is the amount of heat required to change the heat content of exactly 1
gram of a material by exactly 1°C.
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