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Heat, Work & First Law of Thermodynamics

Which of the following parameters does not characterize the thermodynamic state of mattter?

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Answer: (c)

  1. State variables (PP, VV, TT) describe the condition of the system at one instant.
  2. Work depends on the path between states, so it is not a state variable.
  3. So the answer is (c) Work.
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