Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

The science of energy and its ability to cause changes.

Contributors in Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

It states that if two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, they are also in thermal equilibrium with each other. By replacing the third body with a thermometer, the zeroth law can be ...

steady-flow process

Physics; Thermodynamics

A process during which a fluid flows through a control volume steadily. In other words, the fluid properties can change from point to point within the control volume, but at any fixed point they ...

thermal energy

Physics; Thermodynamics

The part of the sensible and latent forms of internal energy of a thermodynamic system or sample of matter that results in the system's temperature. The internal energy, also called thermodynamic ...

conservation of mass principle

Physics; Thermodynamics

The fundamental principle used to balance chemical reaction equations. It states that the total mass of each element is conserved during a chemical reaction. The total mass of each element on the ...

vapor pressure

Physics; Thermodynamics

The pressure of a vapor in thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases in a closed system such water vapor in atmospheric air. All liquids have a tendency to evaporate, and some solids can ...

carbon balance method

Physics; Thermodynamics

A method used to obtain the actual amount of air used to form the dry products of combustion when all carbon present in the fuel burns completely without leaving traces in flue gases. With this ...

hydrogen balance method

Physics; Thermodynamics

When some solid carbon is detected in combustion products, this is a method used if the carbon balance method cannot give an accurate mass of air used in combustion. In the hydrogen balance method, ...