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+ | Section 7.4 in Matter and Interactions (4th edition) | ||
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===== Internal Energy ===== | ===== Internal Energy ===== | ||
- | Up to now, you have read about systems that have no internal structure: [[183_notes: | + | Up to now, you have read about systems that have no internal structure: [[183_notes: |
==== Lecture Video ==== | ==== Lecture Video ==== | ||
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==== Systems With Structure Can Have Internal Energy ==== | ==== Systems With Structure Can Have Internal Energy ==== | ||
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- | Until now, you have considered systems of point particles, which have no internal structure. You will now relax that condition. | + | __//Until now, you have considered systems of point particles, which have no internal structure. You will now relax in that condition.//__ |
- | Consider two systems of two particles (each of mass m) attached by a spring (ks) moving to the left with a speed v (figure to left). For one of the systems, the spring is at its relaxed length. For the other, the spring is compressed by a //massless// string tied around the objects. Which system has more energy? | + | Consider two systems of two particles (each of mass m) attached by a spring (ks) moving to the left with a speed v (figure to left). For one of the systems, the spring is at its relaxed length. For the other, the spring is compressed by a massless string tied around the objects. Which system has more energy? |
- | Clearly, both have the same kinetic energy (K=12(M)v2; M is the total mass of the system). But what about the energy associated with spring compression that is internal to the system? The object with the compressed spring has more //internal energy//. These are the kinds energy distinctions that you will need to make when objects have structure. | + | Clearly, both have the same kinetic energy (K=12(M)v2; M is the total mass of the system). But what about the energy associated with spring compression that is internal to the system? The object with the compressed spring has more //internal energy//. These are the kinds of energy distinctions that you will need to make when objects have structure. |
- | === Internal | + | ==== Internal |
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- | You have already seen one form of internal energy (i.e., when a spring is compressed). It can be useful to be able to unpack the different forms of internal energy to work on a particular problem of interest. An object that is rotating about its center of mass will have internal energy associated with rotation: | + | You have already seen one form of internal energy (i.e., when a spring is compressed). It can be useful to be able to unpack the different forms of internal energy to work on a particular problem of interest. An object that is rotating about its center of mass will have internal energy associated with rotation: |
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- | ==== Quantifying Thermal Energy | + | ==== Quantifying Thermal Energy |
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In the 1800s, [[http:// | In the 1800s, [[http:// | ||
- | He discovered that it required 4.2 J to raise the temperature of a single gram of water by 1 Kelvin (1 K). This lead to the idea of //heat capacity//. The heat capacity of an object is the amount of energy needed to raise its temperature by 1 Kelvin. The //specific heat capacity// is a property of the material. It is the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of the material by 1 Kelvin. For example, the specific heat capacity of water (as measured by Joule) is 4.2 J per gram per Kelvin (4.2 J/K/g)). For other materials, their specific heat capacities are different (e.g., 2.4 J/K/g for ethanol and 0.4 J/K/g for copper). Water has a very large specific heat capacity, so it requires a lot of energy to change | + | He discovered that it required 4.2 J to raise the temperature of a single gram of water by 1 Kelvin (1 K). This lead to the idea of **heat capacity**. The heat capacity of an object is the amount of energy needed to raise its temperature by 1 Kelvin. The **specific heat capacity** is a property of the material. It is the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of the material by 1 Kelvin. For example, the specific heat capacity of water (as measured by Joule) is 4.2 J per gram per Kelvin (4.2 J/K/g). For other materials, their specific heat capacities are different (e.g., 2.4 J/K/g for ethanol and 0.4 J/K/g for copper). Water has a very large specific heat capacity, so it requires a lot of energy to change |
The relationship between the thermal energy change of a material (ΔEthermal), | The relationship between the thermal energy change of a material (ΔEthermal), | ||
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==== Achieving Thermal Equilibrium ==== | ==== Achieving Thermal Equilibrium ==== | ||
- | Two objects that are in contact but have different temperatures will eventually come to have the same temperature. This equilibration occurs as the higher temperature object transfers thermal energy through microscopic collisions at the interface between the two objects. These atoms at the interface collide with atoms further embedded in the lower temperature material and continue to propagate through the atoms of the lower temperature object. This microscopic work done on the atoms in the lower temperature object is called // | + | Two objects that are in contact but have different temperatures will eventually come to have the same temperature. This equilibration occurs as the higher temperature object transfers thermal energy through microscopic collisions at the interface between the two objects. These atoms at the interface collide with atoms further embedded in the lower temperature material and continue to propagate through the atoms of the lower temperature object. This microscopic work done on the atoms in the lower temperature object is called // |
- | Macroscopically, | + | Macroscopically, |