Learning
Outcomes
1
You will already be familiar with the different physical forms that a substance may take – the three common phases - gas, liquid and solid
2
This chapter begins by considering the relationship between pressure, temperature and volume of a gas leading to the relationship between different phases and physical properties such as pressure and temperature
3
By the end of this chapter you should be familiar with terms such as
- Equation of state for an ideal gas
- Thermodynamic state
- Extensive and intensive properties
- Phase transition - melting, evaporation, sublimation, latent heats
- Phase diagrams, critical point, vapour quality
- Process diagrams
4
The chapter ends by introducing the concept of a thermodynamic process, the foundation for representing real world processes and engine cycles
