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• conservation of energy
• thermal equilibrium
• energy can be neither
• process occurs sponteneous
created nor destroyed
• in any cyclic process the
• ΔU=q+w
entropy will either increase or
• irreversible process: not in
remain the same
equilibrium changes
(wirreversible=-ʃPext.dV) ΔQ
• reversible process: Thermodynamic T1 heat transfer T2
infinitesimal changes • energy transfer (work/heat) Hot Cold
(w=-ʃPdV) • spontaneous direction of
• constant P, isobaric chemical process
(w=-PΔV) ΔS = Entropy = ΔQ/T
• equilibrium states
• constant V, isochoric (w=o) V1 Sf = Si (reversible)
Pext
• constant T, isothermal PS Sf > Si (irreversible)