Joule’s experiment
• Joule’s experiment (1840-1849) to investigate the equivalence of heat and work.…
The First Law of Thermodynamics
If we are interested in how heat transfer is converted into doing…
Compressibility factor
The compressibility factor (Z), also known as the compression factor or the gas deviation factor, is a…
Theorem of corresponding states
According to van der Waals, the theorem of corresponding states (or principle/law of corresponding states)…
Heat capacity specific heat
As shown originally by Count Rumford, there is an equivalence between heat (measured in calories) and…
What is an ideal gas?
Gases are complicated. They're full of billions and billions of energetic gas…
Reversible And Irreversible Processes
We see so many changes happening around us every day such as…
Zeroth Law Of Thermodynamics
Zeroth law of thermodynamics is one of the four laws of thermodynamics.…
Internal Energy
One of the thermodynamic properties of a system is its internal energy, E, which…


