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    Thermodynamics is the study of how heat and other forms of energy are transferred between objects. The laws of thermodynamics developed from the study of heat engines in the 1800s and early 1900s. The three laws are: 1) Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted between forms; 2) Entropy always increases over time in an isolated system; 3) Entropy approaches a constant value as temperature approaches absolute zero. The laws have wide applications in engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology, and are fundamental to understanding the behavior of the universe.

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    Thermodynamics is the study of how heat and other forms of energy are transferred between objects. The laws of thermodynamics developed from the study of heat engines in the 1800s and early 1900s. The three laws are: 1) Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted between forms; 2) Entropy always increases over time in an isolated system; 3) Entropy approaches a constant value as temperature approaches absolute zero. The laws have wide applications in engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology, and are fundamental to understanding the behavior of the universe.

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    Thermodynamics is the study of how heat and other forms of energy are transferred between objects. The laws of thermodynamics developed from the study of heat engines in the 1800s and early 1900s. The three laws are: 1) Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted between forms; 2) Entropy always increases over time in an isolated system; 3) Entropy approaches a constant value as temperature approaches absolute zero. The laws have wide applications in engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology, and are fundamental to understanding the behavior of the universe.

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    MEFC0303-Report 01

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    Thermodynamics is the study of how heat and other forms of energy are transferred between objects. The laws of thermodynamics developed from the study of heat engines in the 1800s and early 1900s. The three laws are: 1) Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted between forms; 2) Entropy always increases over time in an isolated system; 3) Entropy approaches a constant value as temperature approaches absolute zero. The laws have wide applications in engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology, and are fundamental to understanding the behavior of the universe.

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    Escudero, J. L. N./2C
    What is Thermodynamics?

    Thermodynamics is the study of how heat and other forms of energy are
    transferred from one object to another. It describes how the amount of heat or
    work a system can perform changes with temperature, pressure and other
    factors.

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    HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
    OF
    THERMODYNAMICS

    The history of thermodynamics is fundamentally interwoven with the history of physics and the history
    of chemistry, and ultimately dates back to theories of heat in antiquity. The laws of thermodynamics are
    the result of progress made in this field over the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

    Early work on thermodynamics was focused on the study of heat engines, which are devices that
    convert heat energy into mechanical energy. In the early 1800s, French engineer Nicolas Sadi Carnot
    published a paper on the efficiency of heat engines, which introduced the concept of the Carnot cycle.
    Carnot's work laid the foundation for the first law of thermodynamics.

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    HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
    OF
    THERMODYNAMICS

    In the 1850s, German physicist Rudolf Clausius and British physicist William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
    independently formulated the second law of thermodynamics. Clausius also introduced the concept of entropy,
    which is a measure of the disorder of a system.

    The third law of thermodynamics was formulated by German chemist Walther Nernst in the early 1900s. This
    law states that the entropy of a system approaches a constant value as the temperature approaches absolute zero.

    The laws of thermodynamics have had a profound impact on our understanding of the universe and have played
    a major role in the development of many technologies, including steam engines, internal combustion engines,
    refrigerators, and air conditioners.

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    What is energy?
    Energy is a form of energy or power that
    can be transformed. It has been defined as
    the ability to do work, which is the
    process of causing or making change.
    Energy is either transformed or
    transferred every time work is being done.
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    The Laws of Thermodynamics
    The three laws of thermodynamics are fundamental laws of
    physics that govern the behavior of energy.
    Zeroth law of thermodynamics: If two systems are each in thermal
    equilibrium with a third system, then they are in thermal
    equilibrium with each other.

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    The Laws of Thermodynamics
    First law of thermodynamics: Energy cannot be created or
    destroyed, but it can be converted from one form to another.
    Second law of thermodynamics: The entropy of an isolated system
    always increases over time.
    Third law of thermodynamics: A system's entropy approaches a
    constant value as its temperature approaches absolute zero.

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    What are their uses?
    The laws of thermodynamics have several important implications.
    For example, the first law of thermodynamics tells us that
    perpetual motion machines are impossible. The second law of
    thermodynamics tells us that the universe is gradually becoming
    more disordered.
    The laws of thermodynamics have a wide range of applications in
    engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology. They are used to
    design efficient heat engines, refrigerators, and air conditioners.
    They are also used to study the behavior of stars and galaxies, and
    the chemical reactions that occur in living cells.

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    Applications of Thermodynamics
    - Heat Engines -Chemical reactions
    - Refrigerators -Biological processes
    -Air conditioners

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    Thank you
    Jermain Liam N. Escudero
    BSME 2C

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