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Now we come to one of the most important aspects of thermodynamics—in fact, possibly the most important single law of the physical world. Because of its significance, this may be the chapter that requires the greatest amount of your effort. The first law brings together heat, work, and system properties for both closed systems and open systems.
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Look, D.C., Sauer, H.J. (1988). The First Law of Thermodynamics. In: Engineering Thermodynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9316-3_5
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