OverviewDefinitionHistoryConceptually revised statement, according to the mechanical approachDescriptionVarious statements of the law for closed systemsEvidence for the first law of thermodynamics for closed systemsState functional formulation for infinitesimal processes
The first law of thermodynamics is a formulation of the law of conservation of energy in the context of thermodynamic processes. For a thermodynamic process affecting a thermodynamic system without transfer of matter, the law distinguishes two principal forms of energy transfer, heat and thermodynamic work. The law also defines the internal energy of a system, an extensive property
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