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Thermodynamics: 1st Law for Closed Systems (8 of 25)

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0:00:13 – Reminders of how to find properties and first law for closed systems
0:02:38 – Example: First law for closed system, rigid tank
0:33:13 – Example: First law for closed system, rigid tank
1:02:37 – Example: First law for closed system, piston-cylinder (continued next lecture)

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This lecture series was recorded live at Cal Poly Pomona during Winter 2017. The textbook is Cengel and Boles, “Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach (8th edition).”