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Physics GRE - Thermodynamics
Thermo
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Physics
Undergraduate 4
10/21/2012

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Term

Entropy:

dS=

Definition
=dQ/T
Term

Thermal Efficiency of a heat engine:

e=

ec=

 

Refridgerator:

e=

ec=

Definition

=W/Qh

=1-Tc/Th

 

=W/Qc

=Tc/Th-1

Term

Adiabatic process:

ΔEint=

 

PV Relationship:

 

Definition

=W

 

PVγ=const

Term

Internal Energy:

dEint=

Definition
=dQ+dW
Term

Work done on a gas:

W=

Definition
=-∫PdV
Term

Latent Heat:

L=

Definition
=Q/m
Term

Heat:

Q=

Definition

=CΔT

=mcΔT

 

(C=heat capacity)

(c=specific heat)

Term

Equation of State (Ideal gas):

 

PV=

Definition

=nRT

=NkBT

 

(N= number of molecules)

Term

Change in size from temperature increase:

 

ΔL=

 

ΔV=

Definition

=αLiΔT

 

 

=βViΔT

 

(β=3α)

Term

 

Cp-Cv=

 


 

 

Cp/Cv=

Definition

 

=R

 


 

 

=γ=5/3

Term

Power from Radiation:

 

P=

Definition

 

 

=σAeT4

 

(σ=5.669E-8)

(e=emissitivity)

Term

Isothermal Process:

 

W=

Definition

=-Q

=nRT*ln(V0/Vf)

Term

Isovolumetric Process:

 

ΔEint=

Definition

=Q

=nCvΔT

Term

Isobaric Process:

W=

Definition

 

=-P(Vf-V0)

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