Part IV: Thermodynamics
 
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# Lessons Simulations
8: Thermodynamics
8.1 Characteristics of a Gas (1)
Kinetic Model of an Ideal Gas
8.2 Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution--Conceptual Analysis (1)
Maxwell Distribution of Molecular Speeds
8.3 Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution--Quantitative Analysis (1)
Maxwell Distribution of Molecular Speeds
8.4 State Variables and Ideal Gas Law (6)
Ideal Gas Const V
Ideal Gas Var V
Isobaric Process
Isochoric Process
Isothermal Process
Thermodynamic Cycles
8.5 Work Done By a Gas (4)
Isothermal Process
Work done by a Gas
Gas Work Negative Piston V
Gas Work Positive Piston V
8.6 Heat, Internal Energy, and First Law of Thermodynamics (11)
Heat Collision 1
Heat Collision 2
Internal Thermal Energy
Constant Volume: Question 1
Total Energy Chart
Constant-Temperature Process: Question 2
Total Energy Chart
Adiabatic Process: Question 3
Total Energy Chart
Isobaric Process: Question 4
Total Energy Chart
8.7 Heat Capacity (1)
Specific Heat of a Gas
8.8 Isochoric Process (2)
Isochoric Process
Total Energy Chart
8.9 Isobaric Process (2)
Isobaric Process
Total Energy Chart
8.10 Isothermal Process (2)
Isothermal Process
Total Energy Chart
8.11 Adiabatic Process (3)
Adiabatic Process
Total Energy Chart
8.12 Cyclic Process--Strategies (1)
  • Estimation Video: Apparatus 1
  • Estimation Video: Apparatus 2
  • Estimation Video: Apparatus 3
  • Thermodynamics Cycles
    8.13 Cyclic Process--Problems (1)
    Thermodynamics Cycles
    8.14 Carnot Cycle (1)
    Carnot Cycle




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