{"id":28,"date":"2021-06-10T18:49:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/chapter\/introduction-and-learning-objectives\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:53:28","slug":"introduction-and-learning-objectives","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/chapter\/introduction-and-learning-objectives\/","title":{"raw":"1.0 Chapter introduction and learning objectives","rendered":"1.0 Chapter introduction and learning objectives"},"content":{"raw":"Classical thermodynamics is a macroscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics. This chapter introduces basic concepts and definitions used in classical thermodynamics. It lays the foundation for a comprehensive analysis of different thermodynamic processes and cycles to be presented in this book.\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nAfter completing the chapter, you should be able to\n<ol>\n \t<li>Explain the basic scope of engineering thermodynamics and its common areas of application<\/li>\n \t<li>Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental concepts, such as system and its surroundings, closed and open systems, extensive and intensive properties, equilibrium state, quasi-equilibrium process, and cycle<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>Classical thermodynamics is a macroscopic approach to the study of thermodynamics. This chapter introduces basic concepts and definitions used in classical thermodynamics. It lays the foundation for a comprehensive analysis of different thermodynamic processes and cycles to be presented in this book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>After completing the chapter, you should be able to<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Explain the basic scope of engineering thermodynamics and its common areas of application<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental concepts, such as system and its surroundings, closed and open systems, extensive and intensive properties, equilibrium state, quasi-equilibrium process, and cycle<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-28","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":27,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/27"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryresources.nse.org.ng\/thermo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}