Chapter 4 Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is mainly concerned with the transformations of heat into mechanical work and the opposite transformations of mechanical work into heat.– Enrico Fermi8
Think of thermodynamics as the language and system of quantifying energy and its conversions.
Key concepts:
- System and surroundings
- Energy and energy transfer
- Entropy
References
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Fermi, E. Thermodynamics; Dover books in physics and mathematical physics; Dover Publications, 1956.