{"id":226,"date":"2018-03-01T03:10:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T03:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/?p=226"},"modified":"2018-03-03T19:54:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T19:54:59","slug":"thermodynamics-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/2018\/03\/01\/thermodynamics-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermodynamics II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/2018\/03\/01\/thermodynamics-ii\/437px-boltzmann_427167382\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-228\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-228 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/files\/2018\/03\/437px-Boltzmann_427167382-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/files\/2018\/03\/437px-Boltzmann_427167382-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/files\/2018\/03\/437px-Boltzmann_427167382-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The\u00a0<b>second law of thermodynamics<\/b>\u00a0states that in a natural\u00a0<b>thermodynamic<\/b>\u00a0process, there is an increase in the sum of the entropies of the participating systems. The\u00a0<b>second law<\/b>\u00a0is an empirical finding that has been accepted as an axiom of\u00a0<b>thermodynamic<\/b>\u00a0theory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readings:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsoffice.mit.edu\/2010\/explained-carnot-0519\">The Carnot Limit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/thermo\/inteng.html#c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internal Energy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/thermo\/firlaw.html#c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Law<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/thermo\/seclaw.html#c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Law<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/thermo\/heaeng.html#c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnot Efficiency<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu\/hbase\/thermo\/helmholtz.html#c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gibbs Free Energy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chemwiki.ucdavis.edu\/Physical_Chemistry\/Thermodynamics\/Thermodynamic_Cycles\/Carnot_Cycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnot Cycle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lecture Notes: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules-to-dollars\/files\/2015\/01\/doc00490520150227182146.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DWK Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/4a\/Coal_fired_power_plant_diagram.svg\" width=\"802\" height=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/2018\/03\/01\/thermodynamics-ii\/energy_transfer_sankey-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-239\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-239 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/files\/2018\/03\/energy_transfer_sankey-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/files\/2018\/03\/energy_transfer_sankey-2.jpg 592w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/files\/2018\/03\/energy_transfer_sankey-2-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules-to-dollars\/maine-huts-and-trails-technical-links\/\">Maine Huts and Trails Energy Systems<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0second law of thermodynamics\u00a0states that in a natural\u00a0thermodynamic\u00a0process, there is an increase in the sum of the entropies of the participating systems. The\u00a0second law\u00a0is an empirical finding that has been accepted as an axiom of\u00a0thermodynamic\u00a0theory. Readings:\u00a0The Carnot Limit Internal Energy First Law Second Law Carnot Efficiency Gibbs Free Energy Carnot Cycle Lecture Notes: \u00a0DWK Notes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/2018\/03\/01\/thermodynamics-ii\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thermodynamics II&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}