thermodynamics
Installation
SKILL.md
What I do
- Apply the four laws of thermodynamics
- Calculate heat transfer and work processes
- Analyze thermodynamic cycles (Carnot, Rankine, refrigeration)
- Model heat engines and refrigerators
- Study phase equilibria and chemical potential
- Apply Maxwell relations and thermodynamic identities
When to use me
When analyzing energy systems, designing heat engines, or studying thermal processes.
Key Concepts
- First Law: ΔU = Q - W, energy conservation
- Second Law: ΔS ≥ 0, entropy never decreases in isolated systems
- Carnot Efficiency: η = 1 - T_c/T_h for heat engines
- Clausius Inequality: ∮δQ/T ≤ 0 for cyclic processes
- Gibbs Free Energy: G = H - TS determines spontaneity at constant T,P
- Maxwell Relations: (∂S/∂V)_T = (∂P/∂T)_V connect thermodynamic variables