System | Part of the universe under investigation. |
Open System | A system which can exchange both energy and matter with its surroundings. |
Closed System | A system which permits passage of energy but not mass, across its boundary. |
Isolated system | A system which can neither exchange energy nor matter with its surrounding. |
Surroundings | Part of the universe other than system, which can interact with it. |
Boundary | Anything which separates system from surrounding. |
State variables | The variables which are required to be defined in order to define state of any system i.e. pressure, volume, mass, temperature, surface area, etc. |
State Functions | Property of system which depend only on the state of the system and not on the path. Example: Pressure, volume, temperature, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy etc. |
Intensive properties | Properties of a system which do not depend on mass of the system i.e. Temperature, pressure, density, concentration, |
Extensive properties | Properties of a system which depend on mass of the system i.e. Volume, energy, enthalpy, entropy etc. |
Process | Path along which state of a system changes. |
Isothermal process | Process which takes place at constant temperature |
Isobaric process | Process which takes place at constant pressure |
Isochoric process | Process which takes place at constant volume. |
Adiabatic process | Process during which transfer of heat cannot take place between system and surrounding. |
Cyclic process | Process in which system comes back to its initial state after undergoing series of changes. |
Reversible process | Process during which the system always departs infinitesimally from the state of equilibrium i.e. its direction can be reversed at any moment. |
1. What is thermodynamics? |
2. What are the laws of thermodynamics? |
3. What is the difference between heat and work in thermodynamics? |
4. How does thermodynamics relate to everyday life? |
5. What is the significance of thermodynamics in chemical reactions? |
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