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The heat engine cycle is defined and discussed. So pressure-volume diagrams are introduced and their use in depicting the cycles of a heat engine is demonstrated. Informative graphics are accompanied by reason-filled explanations.
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adiabatic, efficiency, engine cycles, first law, first law of thermodynamics, heat engines, heat pumps, internal energy, isothermal, refrigerator, second law, second law of thermodynamics, sink, thermal, carnot, carnot cycle, carnot efficiency, heat engine cycle, hyperphysics, otto cycle, p-v diagrams, pv, pv diagrams, reservoir, thermal bottleneck
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