The second law of thermodynamics : Introductory video
Before watching the video read the questions below. As you watch the video try to answer them
Questions
- Explain why all real engines are less efficient than the Carnot engine
- In a real engine does the gas inside the piston return to its original state on completion of a cycle as happens in the Carnot cycle? Explain your reasoning
- Write the Clausius inequality.
- Give a mathematical expression for the second law of thermodynamics
- Explain in your own words how the mathematical expression you just arrived at for the second law of thermodynamics is derived from the Clausius Inequality.
- Explain why all real engines are less efficient than the Carnot engine
- In a real engine does the gas inside the piston return to its original state on completion of a cycle as happens in the Carnot cycle? Explain your reasoning
- Write the Clausius inequality.
- Give a mathematical expression for the second law of thermodynamics
- Explain in your own words how the mathematical expression you just arrived at for the second law of thermodynamics is derived from the Clausius Inequality.