Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Thermodynamics

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written by Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group

This item is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics relating to the First Law of Thermodynamics. A monatomic ideal gas in a sealed container undergoes four processes that increase or decrease its volume and pressure at a constant rate. Given initial values for pressure and volume, the user must determine much heat was added to or removed from the system.

The problem is accompanied by a Socratic-dialog "help" sequence designed to encourage critical thinking as users do a guided conceptual analysis before attempting the mathematics. It is part of a larger collection of interactive problems developed by the Illinois Physics Education Research Group.

https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/therm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Active Learning = Problem Solving Thermo & Stat Mech - First Law	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Best practice = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 University of Illinois Physics Education Research Group
Keywords:: heat, ideal gas, internal energy, pressure, volume, work
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created February 3, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: August 3, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 16, 2006
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6444">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Thermodynamics. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>

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G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/therm).

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G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Thermodynamics (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/therm>.

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Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Thermodynamics. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/therm

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Thermodynamics. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/therm (accessed 29 April 2024).

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Thermodynamics. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 29 Apr. 2024 <https://per.physics.illinois.edu/per/IE/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/therm>.

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