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Wark’s treatment of the Second Law and the concept of entropy (

| Chapter | Topic | Key Concepts | |---------|-------|---------------| | 1 | Concepts & Definitions | Systems, properties, state, equilibrium | | 2 | Energy & First Law | Work, heat, internal energy, enthalpy | | 3 | Properties of Pure Substances | PVT behavior, tables, ideal gas | | 4 | Control Volume Analysis | Steady-flow energy equation, nozzles, turbines | | 5 | Second Law | Heat engines, Clausius/Kelvin-Planck statements | | 6 | Entropy | T-s diagrams, isentropic processes | | 7 | Exergy (Availability) | Useful work, irreversibility | | 8 | Cycles | Rankine, Brayton, Otto, Diesel, Refrigeration |

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For readers seeking more advanced content, Kenneth Wark also authored , published by McGraw-Hill (1995). This text is intended for second-year mechanical and aeronautical engineering students and covers:

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