Thermodynamics Close-book exam

What is the meaning of thermodynamics

Thermo - heat

Dynamics - strength

Thermodynamics is the science of…

what is possible and impossible

What is the major limitation of thermodynamics

Cannot predict how long the process takes

What are some applications of thermodynamics

engines, refrigeration, metabolism, jets, rockets, chemical reactions, seperations (i.e distilation)

Who got the nobel prize in chemistry in 1996 for Buckeyballs

Richard Smalley

What is Richard Smalley’s bold claim, all of these problems can be addressed with energy that is

clean

affordable

abundant

Who created Fracking and the real estate developer for the woodlands

George Mitchell

What is a system

it is a subset of the universe defined by an engineer for the solution of a problem

What are the first 3 rules of systems

1. Defined systems cannot change during calculations

2. System boundaries can be any shape but must be a closed surface

3. system boundaries can be rigid to define a volume of space or flexible to define an object

What are intensive quantities

Quantities that do not depend upon scale ( pressure, color, temp, density)

What are extensive quantities

quantities that do depend on scale (mass, moles,area, volume total internal energy, total enthalpy)