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Re: Why work before energy in texts

Oops

On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, John Mallinckrodt wrote:

In the balloon example, most people would not consider its
bulk kinetic energy to be "internal" work that merely alters
the bulk kinetic energy is not thermodynamic work.

I meant to write:

"In the balloon example, most people would not consider its bulk
kinetic energy to be "internal," therefore, work that merely
alters the bulk kinetic energy is not thermodynamic work."

John Mallinckrodt mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm