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Reduction
Reduction
1. Open System
2. Closed system
3. Isolated System
1. Open System:
For example, Water flowing in a pipeline line [Mass and K.E of water].
2. Closed System:
It is a system in which there is only energy interaction takes place but not mass
interaction.
3. Isolated Systems:
Its values are based on the state of the Its values are based on how that
1 system (i.e. pressure, volume, temperature particular thermodynamic state is
etc.) achieved.
Only initial and final states of the process We need to know exact path
3
are sufficient followed by the process
Its values are independent of the path Its values are dependent on the
4
followed path followed
It is an inexact or imperfect
5 It is an exact or perfect differential
differential.
Its cyclic integral may or may not
6 Its cyclic integral is always zero
be zero
The specific heat c of a substance is its heat capacity per unit mass. It follows that the
heat ∆Q required to
∆Q = mc∆T
The latent heat of a sample is the heat required to change the phase of the whole
sample at constant
temperature.
The sensible heat of a sample is the heat required to change the temp. of the whole
C P − CV = R