Adiabatic vs. Isolated

[Joshua Xian 1D]

Is the difference between adiabatic and isolated systems that adiabatic systems can have energy transferred as work while isolated systems can have no energy transfer at all?

[Austin Ho 1E]

Yes, that's pretty much it.

Adiabatic systems cannot have any heat transfer, so ΔU = w always. For isolated systems, there can be no transfer of energy at all, so ΔU=0 always.

[Jessica_Singh_1J]

Yup- adiabatic systems have 0 heat transfer and isolated systems have 0 energy transfer at all.

[Annalise Eder 2L]

In an adiabatic system there is no transfer of heat while in an isolated system there is no contact with the surroundings and therefore no exchange of energy or matter.