Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: First law of thermodynamics
  2: James Joule and the first law
  3: Heat engines
  4: The ideal gas law and heat engines
  5: Engine processes
  6: Pressure-volume graphs and heat engines
  7: Work and pressure-volume graphs
  8: Pressure-volume graphs, engine cycles and work
  9: Classifying thermal processes
10: Constant-volume processes
11: Molar specific heat: constant volume
12: Sample problem: melting ice
13: Interactive checkpoint: a constant-volume process
14: Degrees of freedom
15: Isobaric processes
16: Molar specific heat: constant pressure
17: Interactive checkpoint: a process with hydrogen
18: Adiabatic processes
19: Adiabatic processes, ideal gas
20: Isothermal processes
21: Interactive checkpoint: a process with argon
22: Stirling engine
23: Sample problem: Stirling engine and work
24: Interactive summary problem: an engine cycle
25: Gotchas
26: Summary

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