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First Law of thermodynamics Flashcards

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1
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What are the surroundings

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anything outside of the system

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what confines the system

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the system boundary

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what is an isothermal change

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when the system is closed which means the temp of the surroundings impacts the temp of the system
the wall is diathermal
exchanging heat

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what is an adiabatic change

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when there is no temp change in the closed system due to the surroundings
the wall is adiabatic

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5
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what is a thermodynamic system

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it is part of the physical universe with a specified boundary for observation

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What is the first law of thermodynamics

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the law relates the internal energy (U) of a system to the amount of heat added to the system and the amount of work done on the system

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What is work done

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work is done when a force is applied to an object and that causes that object to move a distance

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what is an open system

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if there can be matter and heat exchanged with the surroundings like a beaker without a bung or a human body

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what is a closed system

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if heat can still be exchanged but matter cannot like a beaker with a bung or a light bulb

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what is an isolated system

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neither heat nor matter can be exchanged, like a perfect thermal flask or bomb calorimeter

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what is the equation for work done

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deltaU=q + w

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what is the conservation of energy

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The total internal energy of an isolated system is constant; energy can be transformed from one form to another but can be neither created nor destroyed

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13
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what can we interconvert with thermodynamics

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kinetic energy
chemical energy
heat
work
light
nuclear energy etc

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what is an exothermic reaction

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energy released to the surroundings as heat
q<0

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what is an endothermic reaction

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where the system takes in energy as heat
q>0

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16
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what happens when molecules are in uniform motion

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energy transfered to the surroundings as work

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17
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what happens when molecules are in chaotic motion

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energy transferred to the surroundings as heat

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18
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In thermodynamics, energy is

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the capacity to do work

which is the transfer of energy that causes motion against an opposing force

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in the piston example whats happening

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the system is losing energy as work because its having to do work to lift the weight w<0
work is done by the system on the surroundings

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whats an example of a reaction where w>0

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h2 + O2 forming water, the system has gotten smaller (compressed)

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What is the equation for work

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work=distance.opposing force

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what happens when a system does work

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it stimulates orderly motion in the surroundings

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what is the equation when gas expands

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opposing force=PexA
=w=Pexh
=PexdeltaV=pgasdeltaV
but system loses energy so
w=-PexdeltaV
w=-deltanRT
only true when there is perfectly regversible expansion, constant pressure temp etc, perfectly at equilibrium

24
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what are the key assumptions for reversible expansion

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no temp or pressure gradients
system at equilibrium throughout
process can be reversed wihotut losing energy
remember delta n=nfinal-ninitial

25
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what is internal energy (U)

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it is a measure of all the energy reserves of a system
it is constant for an isolated system

26
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what is Um

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it is the molar internal energy of a mole of our system Jmol^-1

27
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what is deltaU

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=q + w

28
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What is enthalpy change of vapourisation

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=-enthalpy change of condensation (under standard conditions)

29
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what is the standard enthalpy of formation

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is when one mole of substance is formed from elements in their reference states, at a stated temperature (usually 298K)
the reference state is the most stable state at STP

30
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What is bond dissociation energy

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it is defined as the enthalpy change when a specific bond in a compound dissociates

31
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What is bond energy BE or mean bond energy

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it refers to the mean of the BDE values for similar bonds within a specific compound

32
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What is tabulated average bond energies ABE

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usually apply to a type of bond across a range of related compounds
all calculations are estimations

33
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what is state function

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it depends on the current state of the system, for example internal energy,
it is like a vector quantity so the route to get there doesnt matter

34
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what is an example of state functions

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Gibbs free energy G=H-deltaTS
or enthalpy

35
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what is hess’s Law

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The standard enthalpy change for a reaction is the sum of the standard changes for the reaction into which it can be divided

36
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What is the Zeroth Law

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if two systems are each in thermal ewquilibrium with a third, they are inn thermal equilibrium with each other

37
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Features of a bomb calorimeter

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used to measure temp changes at a constant volume V, w=0 so deltaU=q
it is an isolated adiabatic system
1 measure heat involved by reaction
2 use electricity to effect the same temp change

38
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what is the equation for delta U in an open system

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=q + w
=q + pdeltaV

39
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What are factors used to compare fuels

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Economic (price, weight, volume)
Environmental (CO2,NO2,O3,particulate (not always complete combustion)

40
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What is the carbon load of fuel

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kg (of CO2 produed) per MJ energy

41
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What does a large carbon load mean

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its a poor fuel (environmentally)

42
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what is the equation for energy densities

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|deltacH|/RMM

43
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features of biofuels

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agricultural or anaerobic digestion (contemporary biological processes)
potentially carbon neutral
larger alcohols (C4 C5) petrol replacements
biodiesels (methyl esters)

44
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what are some issues with biofuels

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land use/food v fuel/soil erosion/ loss of biodiversity
poor fuel metrics
new chem/engineering

45
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what are some fuels for space flight

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cryogenic fuels
hypergolic fuels

46
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what are some features of cryogenic fuels

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H2 liquified and stored sub 33K
good fuel metrics

47
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Whats bad with cryogenic fuels

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storage
hazardous
needs O2 supply

48
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features of hypergolic fuels

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2 component propellant combo that spontaneously ignites
no need for air
liquid at 290k
near instant conversion of energy to heat and work
no need for ignition control

49
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whats problems with hypergolic fuels

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highly corrosive and toxic
lots more chemistry to research and understand

50
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What is heat capacity

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heat supplied/temp change
it tells us about what is happening to the energy in molecular terms
water has a large specific heat capacity which has a huge impact on the climate

51
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what is another equation for delta H

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CpdeltaT

52
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what is another equation for deltaU

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CvdeltaT
where ideal gases all have the same Cv 12.5JK-1mol-1
polyatomics have large Cv bvalues characteristic of molecule

53
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what is enthalpy change of solution

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the heat exchanged at a constant pressure upon changing to a aq phase

54
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what is kirchhoffs law

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55
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what is the equation for molar heat capacity

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Cm=q/ndeltaT

56
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what is the equation for specific heat capacity

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Cs=q/mdeltaT

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