Thermodynamics

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branch of physics scientific discipline

Thermodynamics is a fundamental branch of physics that studies the relationships between heat, work, energy, and temperature, and the laws governing their transformations.

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Thermodynamics canonical	1

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instanceOf	branch of physics ⓘ scientific discipline ⓘ
appliesTo	engines ⓘ heat pumps ⓘ macroscopic systems ⓘ refrigerators ⓘ
basedOn	laws of thermodynamics ⓘ
concerns	direction of spontaneous processes ⓘ phase transitions ⓘ thermal equilibrium ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	energy ⓘ heat ⓘ temperature ⓘ work ⓘ
governedBy	first law of thermodynamics ⓘ second law of thermodynamics ⓘ third law of thermodynamics ⓘ zeroth law of thermodynamics ⓘ
hasSubdiscipline	chemical thermodynamics ⓘ classical thermodynamics ⓘ equilibrium thermodynamics ⓘ non-equilibrium thermodynamics ⓘ statistical thermodynamics ⓘ
historicalDevelopmentBy	James Clerk Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludwig Boltzmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudolf Clausius NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadi Carnot NERFINISHED ⓘ William Thomson NERFINISHED ⓘ
relates	heat to work ⓘ temperature to energy ⓘ
studies	energy transformations ⓘ macroscopic properties of systems ⓘ relationships between heat and work ⓘ
usedIn	astrophysics ⓘ chemical engineering ⓘ materials science ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ meteorology ⓘ physical chemistry ⓘ
usesConcept	Gibbs free energy ⓘ Helmholtz free energy ⓘ enthalpy ⓘ entropy ⓘ equation of state ⓘ internal energy ⓘ process variable ⓘ state variable ⓘ surroundings ⓘ thermodynamic system ⓘ

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subject surface form: Max Planck