Question

Thermodynamics in everyday life. Give an example of any process and be able to explain it in terms of enthalpy, entropy and Gibb's free energy. (The example needs to make sense). Write at least a short paragraph and be ready to possibly share with the class.

Answer 1

Our human body just follows the laws of thermodynamics.Let us consider the experience of being in a small crowded room with lots of other people. In all likelihood, we will start to feel very warm and will start sweating. This is the process your body uses to cool itself off. Heat from your body is transferred to the sweat. As the sweat absorbs more and more heat, it evaporates from your body, becoming more disordered and transferring heat to the air, which heats up the air temperature of the room. Many sweating people in a crowded room in a closed will quickly heat things up. This is best examples of the first and second laws of thermodynamics in action where No heat is lost; it is only transferred, and approaches equilibrium with maximum entropy.