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DEFINITION AND ENVIRONMENT


Thermodynamics is concerned with the state of matter, and interaction between distinct bodies of matter that changes those states.

A state of a body of matter is defined by:

  • pressure
  • temperature
  • volume
  • chemical composition

  • These four parameters define the internal energy of a body of matter.

    Two bodies of matter may exchange heat so that one loses internal energy, and the other gains it, and they can perform work one on the other. In that case too, one body loses energy, and the other gains it.










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