The first law of thermodynamics describes how the heat added to a system is conserved. Heat the internal energy of the system or is transformed into , or both. Heat is just transformed, not created or destroyed.
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The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another. This principle is also known as the law of energy conservation. Show more…
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