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Hey everyone,
I was sick when we started this unit. I've been trying to catch up, and need to ask a couple of broad questions.
1) What is a Carnot engine? Or the Carnot cycle? What is it used for ? Why do we can about perfect conditions??
2) When people keep mentioning "reservoirs", in problems, what do they mean?
3) What is a temperature gradient?
4) What is a refrigerator? (If it is different than the everyday appliance). And how do we describe/use it?
5) What are the first two laws? And how are they applied?
And any other important facts about Thermodynamics!
Thank you very much.
(PS - I'm going to read my book as well, as I have not gotten to most of these things in the chapters. But from my experience you guys explain things better than the book so I asked them here!)
I was sick when we started this unit. I've been trying to catch up, and need to ask a couple of broad questions.
1) What is a Carnot engine? Or the Carnot cycle? What is it used for ? Why do we can about perfect conditions??
2) When people keep mentioning "reservoirs", in problems, what do they mean?
3) What is a temperature gradient?
4) What is a refrigerator? (If it is different than the everyday appliance). And how do we describe/use it?
5) What are the first two laws? And how are they applied?
And any other important facts about Thermodynamics!
Thank you very much.
(PS - I'm going to read my book as well, as I have not gotten to most of these things in the chapters. But from my experience you guys explain things better than the book so I asked them here!)