Adiabatic and diathermic walls

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I read in the textbook about adiabatic and diathermic walls, how would we use this information in our calculations?

[Shivangi_2J]

I don’t think this factors into our calculations, it seems more like a conceptual thing to understand about different systems

[Angel Chen 2k]

For a system with an adiabatic wall, there is no heat or substance exchange. Only work can be done to change the internal energy. On the other hand, for a system with a diathermic wall, there is only heat exchange. I believe that we only need to understand the concepts of these two terms. More specific understanding is required in physics courses.

Hope this helps!

[Jordan Lo 2A]

I think we only need to learn these terms to identify if systems are closed, open, or isolated (like in 6th edition 8.1)

[Jason Ye 2I]

Its more conceptual than something which we would need to know how to calculate