..................................................................... 4
2.1 Thermodynamic system.................................................................... 5
2.2 Control volume .................................................................................. 5
2.3 Properties and state of a substance ................................................. 5
2.4 Process and cycles.............................................................................. 6
2.5 Energy.................................................................................................. 6
2.6 Specific volume .................................................................................. 6
2.7 Pressure ............................................................................................... 7
2.8 Temperature........................................................................................ 7
2.9 The zeroth law of thermodynamics ................................................ 7
3 The Properties of a Pure Substance ............................................................... 8
3.1 The pure substance ............................................................................ 8
3.2 Vapour-liquid-solid-phase equilibrium.......................................... 8
3.3 Independent properties of a pure substance................................. 10
3.4 Equation of state for the vapour phase
of a simple compressible substance................................................ 11
3.5 Numerical example........................................................................... 11
4 Work and Heat................................................................................................... 11
4.1 Definition of work............................................................................. 11
4.2 Units for work ................................................................................... 12
4.3 Numerical example........................................................................... 12
4.4 Definition of heat .............................................................................. 13
4.5 Units of heat....................................................................................... 14