General Chemistry I – first lesson

Today I taught my first lesson of the General Chemistry I course for first year bachelor students in mechanical engineer at ETH Zurich.Thermodynamics

Topic of the day: Thermodynamics.

I introduced the concept of Energy (potential, kinetic), Heat, Work, Zeroth and First thermodynamic laws, Internal Energy, State Function.

Next lesson on Thermochemistry will follow next Thursday. Stay tuned…