Re: ENERGY WITH Q

[Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>]

> Yes, neither Q nor W, in the dU=Q+W, is energies. But Q in
> calorimetry, according to textbooks, is a change in thermal
> energy (either added or removed from a body). That is why
> we need a separate word for Q in thermodynamics. Just like
> some people already distinguish between work and
> pseudowork.

Leigh Palmer, an  I think Bob Rohmer, and certainly I and others have been
saying for years that the textbooks are _wrong_!  Why on Earth would anyone
want to concede anything to them?_

> Personally, I prefer call F*ds work and reserve the word
> pseudowork for the concept to be introduced later. [Those
> who call F*ds pseudowork are confusing students. This
> kind of confusion is totally unnecessary.]
> Ludwik Kowalski

Ludwik, the  use of "pseudowork" for anything anytime is confusing the
student.  Further I don't see any case where the concept would be useful.

Jim Green
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