Department of Physics and Astronomy
Michigan State University
PHY231 Fall 1997

Lecture 29: November 05

Reminder: 3rd midterm on Friday, November 7

Reading before class: C/J 15.1 & 15.4

Topics and Concepts

• Thermal equilibrium
• First law of thermodynamics
• Isobaric processes
• Isochoric processes
• Isothermal processes
• Adiabatic processes

Equations

• Thermodynamics handout

Examples

• First law of thermodynamics (C/J examples 1,2,3, page448-449)
• Isobaric expansion of water (C/J example 4, page 450)
• Isothermal expansion of an ideal gas (C/J example 6, page 454)
• Adiabatic expansion and compression

Handouts

• Equations for thermodynamics

Reading for next class: C/J 15.5 - 15.8

PHY 231

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