Termodynamics Definition and 16 Threads

If the entropy of the universe always increases, how is it possible for organized systems like life to exist? Shouldn't the natural tendency always be toward disorder and chaos? I'm confused about how this law applies to biological systems.

I think that the work is meant to be work done for instance in power stations. Or is it similar to work I do on a body when I lift it for example? But how can we then do that work on our Earth? I just need to understand the task, otherwise I want to solve it myself. The problem involves...

Homework Statement A mixture of two ideal gases, the first one atomic and the second two atomic are put in normal conditions in a calorimeter with volume 1 liter hermetically closed. After it is given 10J thermal energy the mixture temperature is grown 14.2 K. Find the molar specific heat for...

Homework Statement An electrical resistence has a power of 1 kW. It is put inside a container that has 10 liters water. The water is in temperature 20C with pressure 1 atm. Find the time to warm the water to the temperature 120C Homework Equations A=P*t The Attempt at a Solution I thought to...

Homework Statement A car rubber has the volume 50 liters when it is bloated in a pressur 1.8 atm and in a temperature 293 K. After some hours of journey as an effect of friction the pressure will become 2atm. Find the change of internal energy of the air inside the rubber (U) Homework...

Homework Statement The sphere of lead with mass 2kg and velocity 20m/S hits a block of ice and is stuck in it. Find the mass of ice that melts during the hit. The initial temperature of the sphere is 293 K and c=128J/kg*grade. Homework Equations m1v1=m2v2 The Attempt at a Solution I thought...

Homework Statement A container has neon gas in the temperature 273 K. We heat the container to the temperature 373 k, keeping the volume constant. Find the average velocity of the molecules of neon before and after the heat. Homework Equations U=3/2vRT The Attempt at a Solution I thought to...

Homework Statement A mass of 3 mole gas is heated in a constant pressure of 1.5 atm, expanding from 40 litre to 60 litre. Find the temperature growth. Homework Equations V1/V2=T1/T2. The Attempt at a Solution I thought to write V1/V2=T1/T2. But I don't know T1. The answer is 121 K in my book.

Homework Statement A compound of ether (0.287 g) and chloroform (0.568 g) evaporates in the temperature 373 K in an empty container with volume 0.0001m3. Find the pressure of each element. I don't know which formula of ether should I use since there are many. However even if I knew the n of...

It is known that a magnifing glass can start a fire, but I don't fully understand the phenomenon and I have the next questions: - Does the effect depend on the shape and the material of the lens you use? - Where can I find some details about heat produced by light or particulary on this...

Hi! I have a question. The experiment goes like this. i hermetically close air and chloroform at standard pressure. now i want to calculate the end pressure of gas mixture after chloroform vapor gets saturated. is it as simple as adding up the chloroform saturated pressure to the starting air...

I was solving the question below : "A cylinder have a piston whose mass is insignificant and moves without friction. One mole of an ideal gas is confined into the cylinder. If we expand isotermally the gass at temperature 298K, against a constant external pressure of 0.1 atm, the gas...

Homework Statement Tank contain an ideal gas. Known is type of gas, temperature of gas T, volume of tank V=const, pressure of gas in tank p1, and the temperature of surrounding air T (same as temperature of gas in the tank). That is state 1. Tank has small valve that was not closed...

Homework Statement A closed vertical cylinder contains a mobile piston that splits it in two parts of volumes V1 and V2 with a ratio V1/V2=3. Both parts contain the same mass of an ideal gas at the same temperature T. Both chambers are heated to a temperature of 4T/3, find the ratio of the new...

Homework Statement Find the mass of liquid lead at fussion temperature needed to heat up 1kg of liquid water from 20ºC to 60ºC, considering P = 1 atm, and a loss of 100 mg of water due to local vaporization. My question is: what do I do with that loss of mass? Do I calculate Q for m =...

The second principle of termodynamics says: cooler object cannot give away heat spontaneously to warmer one. I wonder then how do cooler and wormer object appear in a closed system after they have equalized their heat.Or in other words: Is there a way back <=> Could this phenomenon be...