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What is the difference of work $W$ and thermal energy $Q$ in thermodynamic Stirling-process for ideal gas?
What is the difference of work $W$ and thermal energy $Q$ in thermodynamic Stirling-process (in simple form) for ideal gas?
I think that you need work to preserve this process and you bring thermal ...
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How can I measure the calories consumed in daily activity? [closed]
From a nice question here:
How are the calories in food calculated?
I can roughly understand how people provide the data of calories in certain food.
However, I am still confused about 2 things.
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Air condition and net heat [closed]
I have attempted to solve a problem, but my answer is not quite the same as in the book. Thus, I would really appreciate it if someone could confirm/disconfirm whether or not my solution is correct.
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ratio between work and heat [closed]
I am really stuck on a problem in my textbook:
Water is heated in an open pan where the air pressure is one atmosphere. The water remains a liquid, which expands by a small amount as it is heated. ...