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CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Name: Boaloy, Evan C.

Subject: Thermodynamics Assignment No.: 3
Course/ Year/ Block: BSEE 2A
Date Submitted: September 16, 2020

FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

The first law of thermodynamics is a version of the law of conservation of energy,

adapted for thermodynamic processes, distinguishing two kinds of transfer of
energy, as heat and as thermodynamic work, and relating them to a function of a
body's state, called Internal energy.

The law of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated

system is constant; energy can be transformed from one form to another, but can be
neither created nor destroyed.

For a thermodynamic process without transfer of matter, the first law is often
formulated

= change in internal energy

= heat added
= work done by the system

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CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE

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At least 3 sample problems with solution.

1. 5000 J of heat are added to two moles of an ideal monatomic gas, initially at a
temperature of 500 K, while the gas performs 7500 J of work. What is the final
temperature of the gas?

Solution:

U = Q – W = 5000 J – 7500 J = -2500 J

U = -2500J = (3/2) nR = (3/2)(2)(8.31) 

 = -100

 Tf = 500 – 100 – 400

Comment : the gas does more work than it takes in as heat,

So it must use 2500 J of its internal energy.

2. Compute the internal energy change and temperature change for the two processes
involving 1 mole of an ideal monatomic gas.

(a) 1500 J of heat are added to the gas and the gas does no work and no work is done on
the gas

(b) 1500 J of work are done on the gas and the gas does no work and no heat is added or
taken away from the gas

Solution:

(a) U = Q – W = 1500 J – 0 = 1500 J

U = 1500 J = (3/2) nR = (3/2)(1)(8.31)

 = 120 

(b) U = Q – W = 0 – (-1500 J) = +1500 J

U = 1500 J = (3/2) nR = (3/2)(1)(8.31) 
 = 120 

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CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE

F. Pimentel Avenue, Brgy. 2, Daet, Camarines Norte – 4600, Philippines

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

3. 2000 J of heat is added to a system and 2500 J of work is done on the system. What is
the change in internal energy of the system?

Known :

Heat (Q) = +2000 Joule

Work (W) = -2500 Joule

Wanted: The change in internal energy of the system

Solution :

ΔU = Q-W

ΔU = 2000-(-2500)

ΔU = 2000+2500

ΔU = 4500 Joule

Internal energy increases by 4500 Joule.

Reference:

https://sciencing.com/first-law-of-thermodynamics
http://www2.physics.uiowa.edu/
https://physics.gurumuda.net/

Submitted to:

Engr. Loriemay Andaya