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Lec1 :
Temperatureoslps
Young and Freeman 17 .

1-2)

·
Diff in
temp- transfer in energy
in a known
way
·



any physical property that changes with temperature " can be used to measure temperature
↳ thermometer utilises this
physical property to measure
temperature

freezing pt .
+
boiling pt of water
. are two fixed points


·
Kelvin scale is independent of properties of any particular material


Constant-Volume Gas Thermometer : all
extrapolated plots reach same
temperature
↳ slide 7
"Temperature"
·
tic) and T(k)

·

+ (k) =
+(c) + 273 15.




·

plots of pressure as a function of T (slide 7)
close to Kelvin scale
this thermometer
employing
·
comes



=

, State Variables

·


physical quantities that describe
physical state of system
a e .




g
container of gas

·


examples
-




temperature -


mass


pressure energy
-
-




-



volume


values of state variables change when "disturbance" in
system
·
can a occurs



·
once it has ended variables will stop changing and become constant in time

:
THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM reached

↳ state variables have
single value=> same
everywhere in system

Thermal
Equilibrium ① look at slide 10 on


"properties of thermal
equilibrium"
(bodies)
↳ I systems don't have to be in direct thermal
contact if each is indiv. connected to 3rd system

=> ZEROTH Law of
Thermodynamics

, Determining number of moles of a substance

·


Sample of CO2 .
It has a mass of 90g
.
How
many
moles in substance ?

Mtotal
n =


Mmolar



n
=Oa2 gmol =
2 04.
mols


(N)
x = n .



NA
=
(2 04 mol) (6 022x1823)
.
.




=

, Summary
Temperature : -
builds
upon subjective concepts of hotness and coldness
-


makes measurements objective
scale
physics Kelvin
=>
in is
=> T(k) = t (0) + 273 15 .




chamber (constant)
interact leg -temperature
vacuum
not
does surrounding
with
is same everywhere
throughout system ( other variables ?
+



state variables constant when isolated thermal
equilibrium
system is in
·




Geg Tip same at each point throughout
system
·
two systems only in thermal
equilibrium if both have same temperature I
if
using Length
of metal rod as thermom .




=> I will also be est at T E
.




(p,
etc. )

Zeroth law of
Thermodynamics :




two bodies thermal thermal
>
-

in
equilibrium with third body are also in
equilibrium with each
other
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