Internal Energy
Helpful before this lesson
- Not completed: Kinetic Theory and Particle Motion
- Not completed: Thermal Expansion
- Not completed: Temperature and Thermometers
These topics can make this lesson easier, but you can start now.
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to define internal energy as the sum of kinetic and potential energies of particles
- Students will be able to explain how internal energy changes with temperature and phase
- Students will be able to apply conservation of energy to thermodynamic systems
Core Concepts
- kinetic_energy_particles
- potential_energy_particles
- total_internal_energy
- energy_conservation
- macroscopic_properties