Exam #1 Friday, Apr 4, covers chapters1-4, plus basics from PHYS 202. Lectures thru Fri, Mar 28. You may use a calculator and a handwritten 3"X5" card of equations and notes. No other notes or books may be used.
Topics to review:
· Temperature
· 0th law
· thermal equilibrium
· temp standard
· constant volume gas thermometer
· measurement of ideal gas temp, T
· other thermometers
· other scales
· Thermodynamic variables
· extensive/intensive
· equation of state
· measured derivatives
· relations among derivatives
· thermodynamic equilibrium
· systems:
· hydrodynamic: volume expansivity, compressibility
· wire or rod under tension: linear expansivity, isothermal Young's modulus
· electrochemical cell
· paramagnet
· dielectric
· work
· sign convention
· quasistatic
· W=integral of XdY
· X-Y diagrams
· exact vs inexact differentials
· first law
· difference and differential form
· internal energy
· finding U(X,Y)
· adiabatic free expansion
· heat
· as energy transfer
· sign convention
· adiabatic process
· heat capacities, molar heat capacities, specific heats
· steady state
· heat transfer
· conduction: rate, thermal conductivity, temperature gradient, special cases
· convection: qualitative
· radiation: rate, blackbody vs real body, emissivity, special cases