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Using Rubber-Elastic Material-Ideal Gas Analogies to Teach Introductory Thermodynamics. Part I: Equations of State
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Polymeric rubber-elastic material (REM) is in many ways analogous to ideal gases. This may be used to good advantage as a supplementary system for teaching elementary thermodynamic concepts, equations of state, and the laws of thermodynamics. Part I emphasizes specific REM examples including historical perspectives, concepts of action and size, equations of state, problem solving techniques, entropic restoring forces, evaluation of derivatives, non-ideality, mass and tension distribution. Useful examples, demonstrations, and problems are reviewed.
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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