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  2. Laws of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] A more fundamental statement was later labelled as the zeroth law after the first three laws had been established. The zeroth law of thermodynamics defines thermal equilibrium and forms a basis for the definition of temperature: if two systems are each in thermal equilibrium with a third system, then they are in thermal equilibrium ...

  3. Newton's law of cooling - Wikipedia

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    [3] Newton did not originally state his law in the above form in 1701. Rather, using today's terms, Newton noted after some mathematical manipulation that the rate of temperature change of a body is proportional to the difference in temperatures between the body and its surroundings. This final simplest version of the law, given by Newton ...

  4. Thermodynamic equations - Wikipedia

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    Density is defined as mass of material ... Compressibility at constant temperature or ... "A Complete Collection of Thermodynamic Formulas". Phys. Rev. 3 (4): 273 ...

  5. Heat transfer - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Newton Newton's law of cooling. T 0 = original temperature, T R = ambient temperature, t = time In 1701, Isaac Newton anonymously published an article in Philosophical Transactions noting (in modern terms) that the rate of temperature change of a body is proportional to the difference in temperatures ( graduum caloris , "degrees of heat ...

  6. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    Mass of a substance as a fraction of the total mass kg/kg 1: intensive (Mass) Density (or volume density) ρ: Mass per unit volume kg/m 3: L −3 M: intensive Mean lifetime: τ: Average time for a particle of a substance to decay s T: intensive Molar concentration: C: Amount of substance per unit volume mol⋅m −3: L −3 N: intensive Molar ...

  7. Thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The third law of thermodynamics states: As the temperature of a system approaches absolute zero, all processes cease and the entropy of the system approaches a minimum value. This law of thermodynamics is a statistical law of nature regarding entropy and the impossibility of reaching absolute zero of temperature. This law provides an absolute ...

  8. Gas laws - Wikipedia

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    The laws describing the behaviour of gases under fixed pressure, volume, amount of gas, and absolute temperature conditions are called gas laws.The basic gas laws were discovered by the end of the 18th century when scientists found out that relationships between pressure, volume and temperature of a sample of gas could be obtained which would hold to approximation for all gases.

  9. Classical mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727), an influential figure in the history of physics and whose three laws of motion form the basis of classical mechanics Newton founded his principles of natural philosophy on three proposed laws of motion : the law of inertia , his second law of acceleration (mentioned above), and the law of action and reaction ...