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Introduction. The purpose of this short discussion is to provide a correct yet understandable introduction to thermodynamics. It is intended to replace and not complement the material in your text. The author is schooled in the Oberlin school of thermodynamics developed by the faculty and graduates of the college. It is his content to convey the elegance and the utility of the subject without sacrificing rigor. The laws of thermodynamics are among the best supported in science and have far reaching consequences for all disciplines of science. Thermodynamic arguments allow one to determine feasibility of a process and the effect of external influences on the extent of a process. Thermodynamics, however, makes no statement about the rate of a process. The following important problems benefit from thermodynamic reasoning and illustrate its power: the efficiency of an air conditioner, the denaturation of a protein, the purification of an ester via distillation, the control of an enzyme, and the yield of a drug in a synthesis. In our treatment of thermodynamics, we shall give primary attention to two issues: 1) a careful, rigorous exposition of fundamental principles and 2) an understanding of chemical equilibrium.
Chemistry-Study and teaching Handouts Thermodynamics First law of thermodynamics Chemical equilibrium
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Claremont (Calif.)
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Webpages converted to pdf from Pomona College Chemistry Department Index to the Pages Administered by Wayne E. Steinmetz, a.k.a. Der Feldmarschall http://pages.pomona.edu/~wsteinmetz/ , 3. General Chemistry Homepage, 5. Handouts, Chemistry 1a (fall semester), Introduction to Thermodynamics, Part I, the First Law.
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