Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

The science of energy and its ability to cause changes.

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heating value of a fuel

Physics; Thermodynamics

The amount of heat released when a specified amount of fuel at room temperature is completely burned and the combustion products are cooled to the room temperature.

The section of a control volume where mixing process for two or more streams of fluids takes place. The mixing chamber does not have to be a distinct chamber. Mixing chambers are sometimes classified ...

latent heat of vaporization

Physics; Thermodynamics

The amount of energy absorbed during vaporization which is equivalent to the energy released during condensation.

solid phase

Physics; Thermodynamics

A state in which molecules arranged in a three-dimensional pattern (lattice) that is repeated throughout. Because of the small distances between molecules in a solid, the attractive forces of ...

molar mass

Physics; Thermodynamics

Represented by the symbol M, molar mass is defined as the mass of one mole (also called a gram-mole) of a substance in grams, or the mass of one kmol (also called a kilogram-mole) in kilograms. In ...

latent heat of fusion

Physics; Thermodynamics

The amount of energy absorbed during melting and is equivalent to the amount of energy released during freezing.

gas phase of a substance

Physics; Thermodynamics

The state of a substance in which molecules are far apart from each other with no specific molecular order. Gas molecules move about at random, continually colliding with each other and the walls of ...