State Properties

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State Properties

Postby 705676154 » Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:39 am

What are the state properties?

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Re: State Properties

Postby Natalie Swerdlow 3K » Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:46 am

The state properties are E, P, V, T, Density, and Heat Capacity. The only non state properties are work (w) and heat (q) because they depend on the path taken.

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Re: State Properties

Postby Ethan_Choi_2I » Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:04 pm

Another way to look at it if you don't remember is that state properties aren't dependent on the path taken to reach the final value (can just look at the final and initial values).

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Re: State Properties

Postby Anisa Morales 1L » Sun Mar 13, 2022 3:21 pm

Some state properties are P,V,T,E, Density, etc.

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Re: State Properties

Postby 805594676 » Sun Mar 13, 2022 5:41 pm

U is also a state property. Even though work and heat are not, internal energy does not depend on a specific path, so delta U is a state function.

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Re: State Properties

Postby radhika singh 1A » Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:07 pm

A state property is a quantity that is independent of how the substance was prepared.
I like to think of it as the building blocks in the equations we use for this unit

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Re: State Properties

Postby Audrey2B » Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:36 pm

Volume, energy, pressure, density, heat capacity

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Re: State Properties

Postby Octavio Santana 2H » Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:36 pm

Some state properties include enthalpy, energy, pressure, density, and heat capacity. It is important to note that heat and work are not state properties.

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Re: State Properties

Postby Emily Ng 3D » Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:50 pm

In lecture, it was mentioned that a state property is not dependent on the path taken to obtain that state. Some examples include enthalpy, density, heat capacity, pressure, volume, temperature and energy.

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Re: State Properties

Postby Thomas_Lehman_2D » Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:53 am

A state property is a quantity that is independent of how the substance was prepared. Examples of state properties would include altitude, pressure, volume, temperature, and internal energy.

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Re: State Properties

Postby Elise Van Meter 2H » Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:26 pm

Hi! As defined in the textbook, a state property (or state function) is a property that depends solely on the current state of the system and is independent of how that state was prepared. Using this definition, pressure, volume, temperature, density, and enthalpy may all be understood to be state functions. Counterexamples would include both heat and work, as the amount of work done by a system is determined not by the current state of the system, but by the process by which this change is brought about, and the energy transferred as heat during a change in the state of a system is dependent upon the path taken to reach that state. I hope this is helpful!

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Re: State Properties

Postby Ilisa Risal 1H » Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:50 pm

The state properties are E, P, V, T, Density, and Heat Capacity.

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Re: State Properties

Postby Jaylin Heggins 1A » Sun Jan 29, 2023 9:47 pm

A state property is defined as one that does not depend on the path taken to get to that state. State properties can be added or subtracted. The state properties are E, P, V, T, density, and heat capacity.


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