Lecture 1: Definitions of System, Property, State, and Weight Process; First Law and Energy
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MIT 2.43 Advanced Thermodynamics, Spring 2024
Instructor: Gian Paolo Beretta
View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-43-advanced-thermodynamics-spring-2024/
Complete course table of contents with hyperlinks to slides and video timestamps: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-43-advanced-thermodynamics-spring-2024/resources/mit2_43_s24_toc_slides_pdf/
Complete course analytical index with hyperlinks to slides and video timestamps: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-43-advanced-thermodynamics-spring-2024/resources/mit2_43_s24_index_slides_pdf/
YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP6309d0oJDiVo1CvxUQXJ2il
This lecture covers: Definitions of system, property, state, dynamical law, process, weight process. Statement of the First Law. Definition of energy. Energy balance. Definitions of steady, unsteady, nonequilibrium, and stable, unstable and metastable equilibrium states.
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Slides for this lecture: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-43-advanced-thermodynamics-spring-2024/resources/mit2_43_s24_lec01_pdf/
Key moments:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:11 - In 2024 Thermodynamics Turns 200 Years Old!
00:01:51 - Some Pioneers of Thermodynamics
00:03:11 - Reference Books by Members of the “Keenan School”
00:06:21 - Course Outline - Part I
00:11:01 - Course Outline - Part II
00:11:22 - Course Outline - Part III
00:12:11 - Course Outline - Grading Policy
00:15:52 - Begin Review of Basic Concepts and Definitions
00:18:32 - The Loaded Meaning of the Word System
00:28:12 - The Loaded Meaning of the Word Property
00:33:11 - What Exactly Do We Mean by the Word State?
00:46:41 - General Laws of Time Evolution
00:53:11 - Time Evolution, Interactions, Process
00:55:01 - Definition of Weight Process
01:06:01 - Statement of the First Law of Thermodynamics
01:08:51 - Main Consequence of the First Law: Energy
01:11:21 - Additivity and Conservation of Energy
01:15:11 - Exchangeability of Energ
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Chapters (19)
Introduction
1:11
In 2024 Thermodynamics Turns 200 Years Old!
1:51
Some Pioneers of Thermodynamics
3:11
Reference Books by Members of the “Keenan School”
6:21
Course Outline - Part I
11:01
Course Outline - Part II
11:22
Course Outline - Part III
12:11
Course Outline - Grading Policy
15:52
Begin Review of Basic Concepts and Definitions
18:32
The Loaded Meaning of the Word System
28:12
The Loaded Meaning of the Word Property
33:11
What Exactly Do We Mean by the Word State?
46:41
General Laws of Time Evolution
53:11
Time Evolution, Interactions, Process
55:01
Definition of Weight Process
1:06:01
Statement of the First Law of Thermodynamics
1:08:51
Main Consequence of the First Law: Energy
1:11:21
Additivity and Conservation of Energy
1:15:11
Exchangeability of Energ
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