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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Charles' Law


The pressure of a gas varies directly with temperature when the volume is held constant, and the volume varies directly with temperature when the pressure is held constant.

Boyle's Law


The pressure of a gas expanding at constant temperature varies inversely to the volume.

Second Law of Thermodynamics


It is impossible to construct a device that operates in a cycle and produces no effect other than the removal of heat from a body at one temperature and the absorption of an equal quantity of heat by a body at a higher temperature.

First Law of Thermodynamics


Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only altered in form.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Tarn

A tarn is a lake formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier and is located at the top of a mountain. The most famous tarns are Upper Thornton Lake in North Cascades National Park and Andrews Tarn at the base of Andrews Glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park in the USA. "trbsk" pleso is the most famous tarn in Slovakia and Velk Hincovo pleso tarn, the deepest tarn in Slovakia, both located in High Tatras mountain.