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The Principles of Thermodynamics
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The Principles of Thermodynamics

by N.D. Hari Dass
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
352 pages
13h 56m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from The Principles of Thermodynamics
16 The Principles of Thermodynamics
It is to be noted that these relations are valid for all thermodynamic systems whether
they are solids, liquids, or gases. Among gases they hold for ideal as well as non-
ideal gases. It is the existence of such very general relationships that makes thermo-
dynamics so powerful. For example, knowing
β
V
,
β
P
would immediately determine
κ
T
without a need for its independent determination.
Example 1.4: Work by ideal gases
Calculate the work done by an ideal gas for i) an isothermal expansion from volume
V
1
to V
2
at T; ii) an isothermal rarefaction from pressure P
1
to pressure P
2
at T; iii)
from volume V
1
to V
2
during an isobaric ...
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