Concepts Of Thermodynamics Flashcards
What are the two forms of energy?
Potential energy
Kinetic energy
What is potential energy?
Any form of stored energy
What is kinetic energy?
Energy of moving objects
What are examples of potential energy?
Gravitational
Elastic
Chemical
Electrical
What are examples of kinetic energy?
Radiant
Thermal
Sound
Mechanical
What are the three types of systems?
Open
Closed
Isolated
What happens in an open system?
Mass transfer
Heat transfer
What happens in a closed system?
No mass transfer
Heat transfer
What happens in an isolated system?
No mass transfer
No heat transfer
What is the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics?
If two systems are in thermal equilibrium with a third system, the two original systems are in thermal equilibrium with each other.
What is the first Law of Thermodynamics?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred from one form to another.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The change in internal energy of a closed system will be equal to the heat added or released by the system on its surrounding or work done on the system by its surroundings.
What does each figure mean in this equation?
🔺U=Q+W
🔺U= change in internal energy
Q= heat added to the system
W = work done by the system (mass transfer)
If Q is positive what does this mean?
Heat has been added to the system.
Endothermic process
If Q is negative what does this mean?
Heat released from the system.
Exothermic process
What does isovolumetric mean?
Constant volume
🔺U=Q
No work is done on it by the system
What does isothermal mean?
Constant temperature.
Q=W
No change in internal energy