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Thermodynamics Cheat Sheet

This document provides a revision sheet on key concepts in thermodynamics: 1) It defines common temperature scales (Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin) and gas laws including Boyle's law, Charles' law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, and the ideal gas law relating pressure, volume, temperature, and moles of gas. 2) It also covers concepts like specific heat capacity, thermal expansion, root mean square velocity, mean velocity, most probable velocity, and average kinetic energy of gases. 3) The first law of thermodynamics and gas processes like isothermal, adiabatic, and polytropic processes are summarized along with equations for work, internal energy, and m

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Thermodynamics Cheat Sheet

This document provides a revision sheet on key concepts in thermodynamics: 1) It defines common temperature scales (Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin) and gas laws including Boyle's law, Charles' law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, and the ideal gas law relating pressure, volume, temperature, and moles of gas. 2) It also covers concepts like specific heat capacity, thermal expansion, root mean square velocity, mean velocity, most probable velocity, and average kinetic energy of gases. 3) The first law of thermodynamics and gas processes like isothermal, adiabatic, and polytropic processes are summarized along with equations for work, internal energy, and m

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COM Thermodynamics Revision Sheet


Temperature TF=9/5 TC + 32 TC = TK - 273.15 K The pressure,volume and temperature in kelvin of such gases obey the equation PV=nRT ----(1) Thermal expansion L=LT Specific Heat Capacity=Q/mT Gas Laws Boyles Law: PV=constant Charles Law : V/T=constant Dalton Law of Partial Pressure: P=P1 + P2 +P3 Root mean Square Velocity Vrms=3RT/M Mean Velocity Vm=8RT/&#960M Most Probable Velocity V=2RT/M Also Vrms > Vm > V Average kinetic Energy of Gas=3/2nRT

First law of Thermodynamics U=Q-W Gas Processes Isothermal Process : PV=constant ,U=0,Q=W,Molar Specific Heat=infinity Adaibatic Process : PVy=constant,Q=0,U=W,Molar Specific Heat=zero Polytropic Process : PVn=constant,Molar Specific Heat=[R/(y-1) + R/(1-n)] Volume Constant : P/T=constant W=0,U=Q,Molar Specific Heat=Cv Pressure Constant : V/T=constant U=Q-W ,Molar Specific Heat=CP Internal energy depends on Temperature. So for same temperature change T nCvT=Q1-W1=Q2-W2=Q3-W3 Molar Specfic Heat Capacity of any process is given by C=Cv + Pdv/ndT where n is no of moles of the gas Workdone by Gas= PdV

Heat Conduction Q=-KAdT/dx Wein displacement lawT4=Constant Stefan's Law Q=eT4 Newton law of Cooling dT/dx=b(T-Ts)

Problem Solving tips 1. Net Heat flow at a junction is Zero 2. Internal Energy does not depend on the path 3. Internal Energy in a cyclic Process is zero 4. Heat is positive when given to the system and negative when taken out of the system 5. Workdone by the system on the surrounding is positive while the workdone on the system by the surrounding is negative

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