Thermodynamic system and state variables, zeroth law; equation of state, law of corresponding states; first law and its consequences, reversible, irreversible and quasi-static processes; second law: heat engines, concept of entropy and its statistical interpretation, entropy balance, maximum entropy and minimum energy; availability; properties of pure fluids, Maxwell’s relations, evaluation of thermodynamic properties; thermodynamic properties of gas mixtures.

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