CHEM 433 - 9/27/11 III. A. 1st Law of Thermodynamics (Chapter 2) - expansion work (Rev isothermal) - Heat Transactions (2.4) —> Heat Capacity • READ: Chapter #2 (1 – 4)
Constant Pressure Expansion… w = –pextV
Isothermal Reversible Expansion… w = –nRTln(V2/V1) More work in this case: reversible system is pushing against maximum possible pressure…
A constant volume a.k.a. “Bomb” Calorimeter…
How much energy is needed to heat 1 mol of CO2 (g) from 298K to 348K (at constant volume)? What does this process look like on a plot of p vs. V? 1.0 kJ p T2 T1 V