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| The study of heat and its transformation to mechanical energy. |
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| The temperature at which a substance has no kinetic energy per particle (thermal) to give up. This temperature corresponds to 0 K, or to -273 degrees C. |
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| first law of thermodynamics |
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| Heat added to a system is transformed to an equal amount of some other form of energy; a version of the law of conservation of energy. |
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| Term applied to expansion or compression of a gas occurring without gain or loss of heat. |
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| second law of thermodynamics |
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| Heat will never of itself flow from one object to another of higher temperature. |
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| A device that changes internal energy to mechanical work. |
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| The ideal maximum percentage of input energy that can be converted to work in a heat engine. |
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| A measure of the amount of disorder in a system. |
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