Temperature
The Celsius (or centigrade) Temperature Scale
The Kinetic Theory of Matter

• Why a Gas Exerts a Pressure
• Why the Pressure Exerted by a Gas Increases as the Temperature Increases
• Why the Temperature of a Gas Increases when it is Compressed
• Distribution of Molecular Speeds

Heat Capacity
Changes of State (Phase Changes)
To Heat...Heating...

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation

Linear Expansivity
Pressure

• Atmospheric Pressure
• Measuring Atmospheric Pressure
• Measuring Pressure Differences

The Gas Laws

• The Pressure Law and the Absolute Zero of Temperature
• Charles’ Law
• The Boyle/Marriotte Law

Work Done During a Change of Volume of a Gas
The Equation of State of an Ideal Gas

• The Universal Gas Constant
• Ideal Gas and Real Gases

p-V Diagrams
Internal Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics
Heat Engines and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Efficiency of a Heat Engine
Entropy and Disorder
The Carnot Cycle

• p-V Diagram for the Carnot Cycle