Chapter 2
First law: internal energy and heat capacity
2.1
Basic Notation: System and state
2.2
Description of systems by state functions
2.3
Internal energy U and First Law
2.4
A comment on internal pressure and Joule’s experiment
2.5
Work
2.6
Reversible vs. irreversible processes
2.6.1
Work of reversible isothermal expansion
2.7
Heat and heat capacity
2.8
Enthalpy and heat capacity at constant pressure
2.9
Experimental data on the heat capacity
2.9.1
Heat capacity for solids: Einstein- and Debye-model
2.9.2
Estimation of heat capacity for gases
2.10
Cp-Cv for perfect gases
2.11
Adiabatic changes - Poisson equations
2.12
Isenthalpic processes
2.13
Joule-Thomson: adiabatic + isenthalpic expansion
2.14
Calculation of Joule-Thomson coefficient for different models
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