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    The history of thermodynamics is a fundamental strand in the history of physics, the history of chemistry, and the history of science in general. Due...
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    The laws of thermodynamics are a set of scientific laws which define a group of physical quantities, such as temperature, energy, and entropy, that characterize...
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    Thermodynamics is the branch of physics that studies heat, work, and temperature and their relation to energy, entropy, and the physical properties of...
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    The first law of thermodynamics is a formulation of the law of conservation of energy in the context of thermodynamic processes. The law distinguishes...
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    law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions. A simple statement of the...
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    A timeline of events in the history of thermodynamics. 1593 – Galileo Galilei invents one of the first thermoscopes, also known as Galileo thermometer...
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    appear to be adiabatic for the system. In the early history of thermodynamics, a positive amount of work done by the system on the surroundings leads to...
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    with a state of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty. The term and the concept are used in diverse fields, from classical thermodynamics, where it was...
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    The zeroth law of thermodynamics is one of the four principal laws of thermodynamics. It provides an independent definition of temperature without reference...
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    for modern chemistry. The history of chemistry is intertwined with the history of thermodynamics, especially through the work of Willard Gibbs. Arguably...
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    The third law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a closed system at thermodynamic equilibrium approaches a constant value when its temperature...
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  • Chemical thermodynamics is the study of the interrelation of heat and work with chemical reactions or with physical changes of state within the confines of the...
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    physics, black hole thermodynamics is the area of study that seeks to reconcile the laws of thermodynamics with the existence of black hole event horizons...
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    of thermodynamics History of physics History of the conservation of energy principle History of thermodynamics A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of...
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  • Entropy Enthalpy History of thermodynamics History of perpetual motion machines Mendoza, E. (1988). Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire – and other...
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  • considered "classical" include thermodynamics (see history of thermodynamics) and electromagnetism (see history of electromagnetism). The critical historical...
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    In thermodynamics, the Gibbs free energy (or Gibbs energy as the recommended name; symbol G {\displaystyle G} ) is a thermodynamic potential that can be...
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  • of physics Einstein's thought experiments History of quantum field theory History of chemistry History of molecular theory History of thermodynamics Timeline...
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  • the end of the 19th century. In the history of thermodynamics, the initial explanations of heat were thoroughly confused with explanations of combustion...
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    Carnot's theorem, also called Carnot's rule, is a principle of thermodynamics developed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1824 that specifies limits on...
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    quantities in thermodynamics, using mathematical notation, are as follows: Many of the definitions below are also used in the thermodynamics of chemical reactions...
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    perpetual motion devices were possible or not, but modern theories of thermodynamics have shown that they are impossible. Despite this, many attempts have...
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  • observations of chemical phenomena. The history of chemistry afterwards is intertwined with the history of thermodynamics, especially through the work of Willard...
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    Aeolipile (category History of thermodynamics)
    economic history of early steam engines. Oxon: Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 9781138948112. Stone, Joe (2015). Floating Palaces of the Great Lakes: A History of Passenger...
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  • Gas laws (category History of thermodynamics)
    formulated by Johannes Diderik van der Waals in 1873. Lagouge, Michel. "History of Gas Laws" (PDF). "Torricelli's barometric experiment". brunelleschi.imss...
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    law of thermodynamics. It would be impossible to extract energy as heat from a body at that temperature. Temperature is important in all fields of natural...
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    Heat (redirect from Heat (thermodynamics))
    thermodynamics, heat is energy in transfer between a thermodynamic system and its surroundings by modes other than thermodynamic work and transfer of...
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  • Vis viva (category History of thermodynamics)
    a modern analysis based on the second law of thermodynamics, but in the 18th and 19th centuries, the fate of the lost energy was still unknown. Gradually...
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    In thermodynamics, the specific heat capacity (symbol c) of a substance is the amount of heat that must be added to one unit of mass of the substance in...
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    Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854, Springer, New York, ISBN 0-387-90403-4, page 52. Truesdell, C.A. (1980). The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics...
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