A system performs 354 J of work on its surroundings while losing 133 J of internal energy. How would you determine the heat transferred to the system during this process?
1 Answer
Nov 7, 2015
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Explanation:
We could use the First Law of Thermodynamics:
where the variation of internal energy
I use the convention that:
heat in Positive
heat out Negative
work in Negative
work out Positive
In our case internal energy decreases so:
so