Thermal Equilibrium and the Zeroth Law
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to define thermal equilibrium and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
- Students will be able to predict thermal equilibrium states in isolated systems
- Students will be able to explain the connection between temperature and thermal equilibrium
Core Concepts
- thermal_equilibrium
- zeroth_law
- temperature_equality
- isolated_system
- heat_flow