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Best Practice Guide GlossaryBrowse the glossary alphabetically: THERMODYNAMICS Return to list of termsA study of the transformation of energy into other manifested forms and of their practical applications. The three laws of thermodynamics are: Law of Conservation of Energy- energy may be transformed in an isolated system, but its total is constant, Heat cannot be changed directly into work at constant temperature by a cyclic process, Heat capacity and entropy of every crystalline solid becomes zero at absolute zero (0 degrees Kelvin). Source: California Energy Commission |