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Entropy and Thermodynamics: Microstates and Macrostates
Covers the concepts of microstates and macrostates in thermodynamics, focusing on entropy and its implications for isolated systems.
Entropy and Carnot Cycle
Covers entropy, Carnot cycle optimality, and free energy minimization in spontaneous processes.
Thermodynamic Variables
Introduces thermodynamic variables, the first principle of thermodynamics, and specific heats.
Thermodynamic Systems: Basics
Covers the basics of thermodynamic systems, energy transfer, state functions, forms of work, and energy conservation.
Thermodynamics of Simple Subsystems: Heat and Matter Transfer
Explores the thermodynamics of simple subsystems, focusing on heat and matter transfer principles and their irreversible processes.
Exergy and Thermodynamics
Explores exergy, entropy, and thermodynamic efficiencies in closed and open systems.
Entropy in Thermodynamics
Explores entropy in thermodynamics, including Gibbs equations, ideal gases, and entropy balance in closed systems.
Thermodynamics: Thermal Machines and Carnot Cycle
Discusses thermal machines, focusing on the Carnot cycle and its efficiency in thermodynamics.
Thermal Machines: Carnot Cycle and Efficiency Principles
Discusses the Carnot cycle, thermodynamic temperature, and the efficiency of thermal machines, including real and ideal models.
Thermodynamic Transformations: Heat and Work Principles
Explains thermodynamic transformations, focusing on heat, work, and energy principles.