Lecture 1 Flashcards
What is a system?
A system describe precisely what is being studied
Control mass or control volume
What is the surroundings to a system?
Everything external to the system
What is a systems boundary?
A boundary distinguishes a system from its boundaries
What is a closed system?
A control mass is under study where no mass would cross the boundary
m = constant, Energy can cross the boundary
What is an isolated system?
A special type of system that does not interact in any way with its surroundings is called an Isolated system
No mass & energy would cross any other part of the boundary
What is an open system?
A control volume is under study where mass may flow through the boundary
both mass and energy can cross the boundary
Define properties of a system
A macroscopic characteristic of a system such as mass, volume, energy, pressure and temperature to which a numerical value can be assigned at a given time without knowledge of the previous behavior (history) of the system
What is an extensive property?
A property where its value for an overall system is the sum of its values for the parts into which the system is divided
What is a state of a system?
The conditions of system as described by its properties
What is an Intensive Property?
Properties that are not additive. Independet of size or extent of a system and may vary from place to place within the system at any moment.
What is steady state?
No property change with time
What defines a process
A process starts with a property changeing and ends with a change of the state
What is equilibrium?
A state of balance where no natural processes can happen
No unbalenced forces in the system
Define Temperature
Measures a body´s thermal state.
Measures the state of movement of molecules and atoms. When the movement “ceases” the temperature is the lowest. This is an absolute zero of temperature.
What is the 0th law of thermodynamics?
If objects A and B are separately in contact with a third object C, then A and B are in thermal equilibrium with each other if they are both in thermal equilibrium with object C