Chapter 4 Flashcards
Work, Energy & Power (141 cards)
Forces can be used to do
Work
Force does work when it
Acts on an object & displaces the object in the direction of the force
What is the equation for work?
W=F (magnitude of force) x d (magnitude of displacement) x cos
(W=F x d)
If there is no force, then
No work is being done
If the magnitude of the force is 0, then
No work is done
Magnitude of the force is
Constant over the displacement
1 joule of work is expended when
A force of 1 N acts over displacement of 1L
Unit of work is
Joule
Work & kinetic energy have units of
Joule
Joule is the combination of
Newton & Meter
Once joule of work is expended when
A force of 1 N acts over a displacement of 1m
Kinetic energy is also called
Energy of motion
Kinetic energy is the
Energy a mass has by virtue of being in motion
What is the work-energy/work-kinetic energy theorem?
The total work done on a system is equal to the system’s change in kinetic energy
Gases that move can
Also do work & breathing is a moving gas
State functions are mathematical functions that describe the
“State” of a system & can be described as using volume, pressure, or temperature
State functions are
Independent of the path by which a system gets to a particular state
An example of a state function is
Internal energy, U
What is not a state function?
Work
Work depends on
The path one takes in getting from the starting point to the end point
Work done by the gas is
Path dependent (depends on how you change the state parameters [volume, pressure &/or temp)
What is isochoric?
Constant volume
What is isobaric?
Constant pressure
The amount of work in a given process is highly dependent on
How the pressure & volume change