Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Efficiency
  2: Second law of thermodynamics
  3: Reversible and irreversible processes
  4: Free expansion
  5: Entropy
  6: Interactive checkpoint: ice cube entropy
  7: Sample problem: entropy in an irreversible process
  8: Second law of thermodynamics: entropy
  9: Maximum engine efficiency and reservoir temperatures
10: Carnot cycle
11: Carnot cycle and efficiency
12: Derivation: Carnot cycle efficiency
13: Derivation: Stirling engine efficiency
14: Otto cycle: internal combustion engine
15: Interactive checkpoint: Carnot cycle efficiency
16: Heat pumps
17: Sample problem: heat pump in action
18: Entropy and disroder (oops: disorder)
19: Entropy at the micro-level
20: Distribution curves and multiplicities
21: Boltzmann's entropy equation
22: Sample problem: free expansion revisited
23: Interactive summary problem: efficiency of an automobile engine
24: Gotchas
25: Summary

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