Reeve, Sidney A. (Sidney Armor), 1866-1941 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 109
the water the pressure whichhas been upon it. The decreased pressure permits thekinetic energy of the vibrating molecules of water to 92 THE THERMODYNAMICS OF HEAT-ENGINES expend their temperature in mutual separation. Vaporiza-tion and the performance of external work ensue. Because of the… … Fig. an explosion is, in fact, one of the few actual instances ofa purely adiabatic process known in practice. Adiabatic fall from C, Fig. 9, develops the plumb-lineCH. When H is reached, the kinetic energy of the mole-cules is in equilibrium with the restraining pressure, whichis now the…
Thermodynamics · Heat-engines
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