General Physics for Bio-Science Majors 171.103

Notes by Collin Broholm

for lecture given 12/3/97

 
• Entropy and the arrow of time
  • Definition of entropy
  • The second law of thermodynamics
  • Entropy and disorder
  • Efficiency of reversible cyclic thermodynamic processes
    • The Carnot cycle
    • The Stirling engine
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