Chapter 15 The Laws of Thermodynamics

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Chapter Outline:

 

15-1  1st Law of Thermodynamics (pg. 409)

• Defining a system
• Open, closed and isolated systems
• 1st law of thermodynamics

15-2  1st Law Applied to Simple Systems (pg. 410)   RE: Thermodynamic Processes

• Isothermal processes   RE: Isothermal Expansion and Contraction
• Adiabatic processes
• Isobaric processes
• Isochoric processes

15-3  Human Metabolism and the 1st Law (pg. 414)

• Metabolic rates and thermodynamics
• The human body is NOT a closed system

15-4  2nd Law of Thermodynamics (pg. 415)

• Clausius statement of the 2nd law

15-5  Heat Engines (pg. 416)   RE: Heat Engines

• Schematic diagrams of energy transfers for heat engines   RE: Heat Engine Cycles
• Heat engine efficiency
• The Carnot engine: ideal heat engines
• Kelvin-Planck statement

15-6  Refrigerators, Heat Pumps, Air Conditioners (pg. 421)

• How a refrigerator works  RE: How a Refrigerator Works
• Coefficient of performance
• Heat pumps

15-7  Entropy  (pg. 424)

• Definition of entropy
• Entropy calculations

15-8  Order to Disorder (pg. 426)

• Natural processes move to disorder

15-9  Heat Death (pg. 426)

• Degradation of energy

15-12  Thermal Pollution and Global Warming (pg. 430)

• The greenhouse effect and global warming
• Thermal pollution
• Methods of energy production