Department of Physics and Astronomy
Michigan State University
PHY231 Fall 1997

Lecture 31: November 12

Reading before class: C/J 15.9 & 15.11

Topics and Concepts

• Entropy
• Second law of thermodynamics in terms of entropy
• Order, disorder and entropy
• Third law of thermodynamics

Equations

• Thermodynamics handout

Examples

• Heat pump (C/J example 11, page 464)
• Entropy of the universe (C/J example 13, page 468)
• Order to disorder (C/J example 15, page 470)

Reading for next class: C/J 16.1 - 16.4

PHY 231

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