A Level Physics Notes - Thermal Physics and Gases

A Level Physics Notes: Thermal Physics and Gases

Finding the Thermal Conductivity of a Good Conductor Using Searle's Bar	Heat Engines and Entropy
The Laws of Thermodynamics	Ideal Gases – The Equation of State, Boyle's Law, Charles's Law, The Pressure Law
The Black Body Radiation Curve	The Triple Point of Water
Plasma – A Fourth State of Matter	Heat Capacities of Gases at Constant Volume
Internal Energy	Work Done By an Expanding Gas
The Kinetic theory of Gases	Windchill
Mean Free Path	How a Fridge Works
Thermal Expansion of Solids	Comparing Coefficients of Thermal Expansion for Solids, Liquids and Gases
Adiabatic Processes for Ideal Gases	Isothermal Expansion of Ideal Gases
The van der Waals Equation	Van der Waals Forces
Thermodynamic Processes for Gases