Basic Concepts

Goodger, E. M.

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In general terms, thermodynamics (literally ‘heat-force-action’) deals with matter and interactions between quantities of matter. Usually, it is sufficiently accurate to use the classical basis in which matter is regarded as continous and on a macroscopic scale, that is visible to the naked eye, and thus independent of any theory of molecular structure. This permits the direct measurement of thermodynamic properties*.

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Bedford, UK
E. M. Goodger (Senior Lecturer, Sometime Professor of Mechanical Engineering)
The University of Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia
E. M. Goodger (Senior Lecturer, Sometime Professor of Mechanical Engineering)

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Goodger, E.M. (1984). Basic Concepts. In: Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86025-8_1

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