MIT RES.TLL-004 STEM Concept Videos
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Instructor: John Lienhard

This video begins with observations of spontaneous processes from daily life and then connects the idea of spontaneity to entropy.

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0:00 Introduction
0:51 Prerequisite Knowledge
1:02 Learning Objectives
1:18 Spontaneous Processes
3:04 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
3:22 What is entropy?
3:31 Molecules interact and transfer energy
4:21 Distributing Energy
4:42 Possible sums for a pair of dice
5:18 Dice combinations for each sum
6:14 Heat Diffusion Set-up
6:54 Vibrations in a solid
7:24 Energy transfer
7:46 Evaluating entropy change
9:21 How many different microstates (2)?
10:32 Change in Entropy
12:25 To Review