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Thermodynamics Chapter 1
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System
Whatever we want to study.
Surroundings
Everything external to the system.
Boundary
Distinguishes system from its surroundings.
Microscopic Approach
To characterize by statistical means the average behavior of the particles making up the system.
Macroscopic Approach
Important aspects of the system's behavior to be evaluated from the observations of overall behavior of the system.
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Thermodynamics Chapter 1
– Key Concepts, Questions
& Answers
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System
Whatever we want to study.
Surroundings
Everything external to the system.
Boundary
Distinguishes system from its surroundings.
Microscopic Approach
To characterize by statistical means the average behavior of the particles making up the system.
Macroscopic Approach
Important aspects of the system's behavior to be evaluated from the observations of overall behavior of the system.
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