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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2003  > December  >
In the Classroom
Thermodynamics for Visual Learners
Todd M. Hamilton
Department of Chemistry, Adrian College, Adrian, MI 49221
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December 2003
Vol. 80 No. 12
p. 1425
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One of the difficulties in learning physical chemistry is mastering the many abstract concepts. Some students are visual learners and for them a picture is truly worth a thousand words. I have developed several examples for visual learners in the area of thermodynamics and would like to share these with other professors. The examples center around the following topics: the second law of thermodynamics, isothermal processes (ideal gas), ideal gas changes of state, and the relationship between internal energy, temperature, and heat.
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 Hamilton, T. M. J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 1425.
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 Physical Chemistry; Teaching / Learning Aids; Thermodynamics
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