- Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
A general discussion of functioning of air conditioners and heat pumps.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/heatpump.html
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- Calculating a Change in Entropy
This java applet simulates the change in entropy for three thermodynamic processes.
http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c27_secondlaw_calculation.html
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- Carnot Cycle (Heat Engine)
This java applet shows you the physical processes of a Carnot heat engine.
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/carnot/carnot.html
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- Carnot Engine
A discussion of Carnot cycle and Carnot engine.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/carnot.html
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- CARNOT HEAT ENGINE
A detailed discussion of Carnot heat engine.
http://www.schooljunction.com/carnot_engine.htm
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- ENTROPY
A new physical quantity related with the direction in which physical processes take place.
http://colos1.fri.uni-lj.si/~colos/COLOS/TUTORIALS/JAVA/THERMODYNAMICS/THERMO_UK/HTML/Entropy.html#respuesta
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- Entropy
ALL ABOUT ENTROPY, THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS, AND ORDER FROM DISORDER
http://www.entropylaw.com/index.html
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- Hurricanes as Heat Engines
Interesting animations depictaing a hurricane as a heat engine.
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a001600/a001605/
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- Perpetual Motion Machines
Perpetual motion machines are devices which are purported to create useful work for ``nothing'' by violating some physical principle.
http://kestrel.nmt.edu/~raymond/classes/ph13xbook/node243.html
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- Sadi Nicolas Léonard Carnot
A biography of Carnot and his work.
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Carnot_Sadi.html
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- Second Law of Thermodynamics
The second law of thermodynamics is a general principle which places constraints upon the direction of heat transfer and the attainable efficiencies of heat engines.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/seclaw.html#c1
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
- The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics, which can be stated in different ways, describes this irreversibility of Nature.
http://oldsci.eiu.edu/physics/DDavis/1150/14Thermo/second.html
(Added: Thu Jul 03 2003)
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