What is Thermodynamics?
Thermodynamics can be defined as the science of energy. Although everybody
has a feeling of what energy is, it is difficult to give a precise definition for it. Energy can be viewed as the ability to cause changes.
Thermodynamics is commonly defined as a branch of physics which deals with the energy and work of a system.
Thermodynamics deals only with the large scale response of a system which we can observe and measure in experiments. Small scale gas interactions are described by the kinetic theory of gases.
There are three principal laws of thermodynamics (and an additional zeroth law). Each law leads to the definition of thermodynamic properties which help us to understand and predict the operation of a physical system.
has a feeling of what energy is, it is difficult to give a precise definition for it. Energy can be viewed as the ability to cause changes.
The name thermodynamics stems from the Greek words therme (heat) and dynamis (power), which is most descriptive of the early efforts to convert heat into power.
Metallurgy: A field with vast applications of the concepts of Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics deals only with the large scale response of a system which we can observe and measure in experiments. Small scale gas interactions are described by the kinetic theory of gases.
There are three principal laws of thermodynamics (and an additional zeroth law). Each law leads to the definition of thermodynamic properties which help us to understand and predict the operation of a physical system.
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