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Example Problems
Very helpful long video with lots of example problems pertaining to entropy, second law, work, gas law, isothermal, adiabatic, isobaric, and isochoric processes.
Lecture Material & Videos
Easy to follow video about thermal efficiency and second law of thermodynamics.
-This is a quick review of the concept. Lecture material type of format.
http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/py105/Secondlaw.html
-A quick video that explains the seond law of thermo. well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGDJO2M7RBg
Fun Videos
- Helpful video that introduces entropy and the 2nd Law.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM-uykVfq_E
- Humorous video describing the basics of entropy.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykUmibZHEZk
- A crash course in entropy.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsY4WcQOrfk
- Ted-Ed video explaining entropy.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM-uykVfq_E
Other/Miscellaneous
- Short quiz that covers conceptual problems on energy and entropy, along with some thermodynamics. https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/chemistry/chemistry/thermodynam...
- https://aatishb.com/entropy/
Here is a fun explanation and interactive game that describes what entropy is and how it changes according to phase changes.