- The First law of thermodynamics is same as law of conservation of energy.
- According to law of energy conservation: - Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed, only transformed to other forms.
- According to first law of thermodynamics:- The change in the internal energy of a closed system is equal to the amount of heat supplied to the system, minus the amount of work done by the system on its surroundings.
Mathematically:-
ΔQ = ΔU + ΔW
Where:
- ΔQ is the heat supplied to the system by the surroundings
- ΔW is the work done by the system by the surroundings
- ΔU is the change in internal energy of the system
Some of the inferences from the First law of thermodynamics are
- There cannot be any device where we could get work done without any heat as input
- Energy of universe or any isolated system is a constant
- Like work, heat is also always conserved