Adiabatic Process
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering Mechanical Engineering Physics |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Tutorial |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Carl Nave |
| Description: | Tutorial from HyperPhysics. Each tutorial has images and hyperlinks to define and expand on each of the terms. Excerpt: "An adiabatic process is one in which no heat is gained or lost by the system. The first law of thermodynamics with Q=0 shows that all the change in internal energy is in the form of work done. This puts a constraint on the heat engine process leading to the adiabatic condition shown below. This condition can be used to derive the expression for the work done during an adiabatic process. The ratio of the specific heats g = CP/CV is a factor in determining the speed of sound in a gas and other adiabatic processes as well as this application to heat engines. This ratio g = 1.66 for an ideal monoatomic gas and g = 1.4 for air, which is predominantly a diatomic gas" |
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| Is Component of: |
Hyper - Heat and Thermodynamics |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(a) Apply mathematics, science, and engineering |
| Use of Resource: |
Excellent tutorial for reference reading. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
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| Publication Date: | February 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/thermo/adiab.html#c1 |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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