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Equipartition, Specific Heats and Mean Free Path
Physics · High School (11–12) · Kinetic Theory of Gases, Thermodynamic Processes and Specific Heats of Gases
FreeCh 12 · 3/3
A molecule can move, turn and vibrate. Each way of storing energy gets the same share of it. From that one rule we find the specific heats of gases, of mixtures, of solids and of water. Then we ask how far a molecule travels before it hits another one.
3Lessons12Problems3Python Labs1Question Set1Mock Test
Specific Heats of Gases and Thermodynamic Processes
Physics · High School (11–12) · Thermodynamic Processes and Specific Heats of Gases, Kinetic Theory of Gases
FreeCh 11 · 2/4
A gas has two specific heats, and the one at constant pressure is the larger. A gas that is compressed quickly gets hot, and a gas that is compressed slowly does not. In this course we find Mayer's relation, and we study the isobaric, isochoric, isothermal and adiabatic processes with the heat, work and change of internal energy of each.
3Lessons12Problems2Python Labs1Question Set1Mock Test
Polytropic Paths, Real Engine Cycles and the Entropy of Gases
Physics · High School (11–12) · Thermodynamic Processes and Specific Heats of Gases
StandardFirst lesson freeExtra course
A petrol engine, a diesel lorry and a jet engine all turn heat into work, and no two of them follow the same cycle. Here we follow gases along paths that lie between the four standard ones, work out the efficiency of real engine cycles, and find the entropy of an ideal gas. The level is that of JEE Advanced, A-Level Further Physics and IB Higher Level, and the course ends with a full timed paper.
3Lessons12Problems2Python Labs1Question Set1Mock Test
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