Rehan Madari-XIB7
Rehan Madari-XIB7
Rehan Madari-XIB7
Introduction:
The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
The First Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Th Third Law of Thermodynamics
Applications of Thermodynamics in Real Life
Conclusion
Bibliography
Introduction:
The zeroth law of thermodynamics
The first and second laws were formally stated in works by German
physicist Rudolf Clausius and Scottish physicist William Thomson about
1860. The third law was developed by German chemist Walther
Nernst from 1906 to 1912. However, scientists realized that one additional
law was needed to fully describe energy changes in systems. This “law”
was a basic understanding that was always considered to be true but
needed to be formally stated. Because the other three laws were already
numbered and the additional law is the foundation for the other three, it was
dubbed the zeroth law of thermodynamics by Ralph Fowler in the 1930s.
-The law states that if two bodies are each in thermal equilibrium with a third
body, they must also be in equilibrium with each other. This means that if two
objects are at the same temperature and they are in thermal equilibrium with
another object, then this third object is also at the same temperature as the other
two objects. This property makes it meaningful to use thermometers as the “third
body” and to define a temperature scale.
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