First Law of Thermodynamics
Helpful before this lesson
- Not completed: Internal Energy
- Not completed: Heat and Thermal Energy Transfer
- Not completed: Gas Laws
- Not completed: Thermal Equilibrium and the Zeroth Law
These topics can make this lesson easier, but you can start now.
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to state and apply the First Law of Thermodynamics
- Students will be able to calculate work done by or on gases in various processes
- Students will be able to analyze thermodynamic processes using PV diagrams
Core Concepts
- internal_energy_change
- heat_input
- work_done
- energy_conservation
- thermodynamic_process
- pv_diagram