Wednesday, Aprile 1, 2009 - Block 3

Reviewed yesterday's simulations and data base exercise.

Told students that I need hardcopies of the calorimetry labs by tomorrow. Emailing them to me does not count.

Intro to thermodynamics.
Reviewed concepts.
Went over first law of thermodynamics.
Showed how work = pressure * volume = area under the curve in a PV diagram

Did worksheets on sign convention.

Showed the four adiabatic processes: constant pressure (isobaric), constant volume, constant temperature (isothermal), no heat exchange (adiabatic). Explained the computational advantages of each and showed what they look like on a PV diagram.