15.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes Figure 15.6 Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, humans have harmessed power through the use of the first law of thermodynamics, before we even understood it completely. This photo, of a steam engine at the Turbinia Works, dates from 1911, a mere 61 years after the first explicit statement of the first law of thermodynamics by Rudolph Clausius. (credit: public domain; author unknown)

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 The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes
• Describe the processes of a simple heat engine.
• Explain the differences among the simple thermodynamic processes—isobaric, isochoric, isothermal, and adiabatic.
• Calculate total work done in a cyclical thermodynamic process.

15.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes
Figure 15.6 Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, humans have harmessed power through the use of the first law of thermodynamics, before we
even understood it completely. This photo, of a steam engine at the Turbinia Works, dates from 1911, a mere 61 years after the first explicit statement
of the first law of thermodynamics by Rudolph Clausius. (credit: public domain; author unknown)
Transcribed Image Text:15.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes Figure 15.6 Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, humans have harmessed power through the use of the first law of thermodynamics, before we even understood it completely. This photo, of a steam engine at the Turbinia Works, dates from 1911, a mere 61 years after the first explicit statement of the first law of thermodynamics by Rudolph Clausius. (credit: public domain; author unknown)
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