Thermodynamics Review

Flashcards for reviewing key thermodynamics vocabulary and definitions

Heat Capacity (c)

The amount of heat needed to change the temperature of an object.

Molar Heat Capacity

Amount of substance in moles.

Specific Heat Capacity

Amount of substance in grams.

Cv

Constant volume

Cp

Constant Pressure

Translational

Translational movement

State Function

A function that only depends on its present position, not how it got there; also called pathway independent functions.

E

Energy

H

Enthalpy

Hess's Law

States that because ΔH is a state function, we can calculate an unknown ΔH by generating a thermocycle (closed thermodynamic cycle) from a series of known ΔH values.