Thermodynamic processes

Abstract

A thermodynamic process is the changes of a system, from some initial conditions to other final conditions, due to the destabilization of the system. The simplest processes can be carried out on isolated single-component systems in which we can vary some of their internal bonds. Changes must be quasi-static. That is, slow enough to be considered as a succession of equilibrium states. Thermodynamic processes can be interpreted as the result of the interaction of one system with another after some bond between them has been removed, so that the systems are finally in balance (mechanical, thermal and / or material) with each other.