3.020 | Spring 2021 | Undergraduate

Thermodynamics of Materials

Lecture 4: Heat Engines and Energy Conversion Efficiency

This lecture covers heat engines, the Carnot cycle with ideal gas, Carnot efficiency, and Clausius’ theorem.

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