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When the substance is heated its temperature increases and when the susbtance is cooled its temperature reduces. The amount of heat required to added …
Continue ReadingWhen cavitation occurs it can sometimes be very destructive. However, when done in a controlled environment, it can be helpful.
Continue ReadingThe two systems are said to be in thermodynamic equilibrium wih each other when they are in mechanical, chemical and thermal equilibrium with each …
Continue ReadingThe two systems are said to be in thermodynamic equilibrium with each other when they are in mechanical, chemical and thermal equilibrium with each …
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Ever hear a banging noise in your house whenever you run the water? Find out how it happens and other places it can occur. Also let us see what is …
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Drilling for oil involves penetrating through various layers of the earth surface to reach, deposits of hydrocarbons. Drilling goes on both below the …
Continue ReadingThe entropy of the system never reduces. In the ideal process it can remain remain constant, but in actual process the entropy of system and universe …
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There are two main types of thermodynamic processes: the reversible and irreversible. The reversible process is the ideal process which never occurs, …
Continue ReadingThe term entropy was first used by Rudolf Clausius to state the second law of thermodynamics. Though entropy is a simple term, many people find it …
Continue ReadingThe reversed heat engine works on the principle of reversed Carnot cycle. The heat engine produces work by absorbing heat from source and liberating …
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