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STP Textbook Chapter 2: Thermodynamic Concepts and Processes Documents

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Chapter 2: Thermodynamic Concepts and Processes 

written by Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik

We introduce the concepts of temperature, energy, work, heating, entropy, engines, and the laws of thermodynamics and related macroscopic concepts.

Published February 18, 2008
Last Modified September 15, 2016

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