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    • Work, Heat, and Internal Energy
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019/Book%3A_Physics_(Boundless)/13%3A_Thermodynamics/13.1%3A_The_First_Law_of_Thermodynamics/Work_Heat_and_Internal_Energy
      Positive (negative) work is done by a thermodynamic system when it expands (contracts) under an external pressure. Heat is the energy transferred between two objects (or two parts of a system) because...Positive (negative) work is done by a thermodynamic system when it expands (contracts) under an external pressure. Heat is the energy transferred between two objects (or two parts of a system) because of a temperature difference. Internal energy of a thermodynamic system is its total mechanical energy.
    • 14.3: Work, Heat, and Internal Energy
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019v2/Book%3A_Custom_Physics_textbook_for_JJC/14%3A_Thermodynamics/14.03%3A_Work_Heat_and_Internal_Energy
      Positive (negative) work is done by a thermodynamic system when it expands (contracts) under an external pressure. Heat is the energy transferred between two objects (or two parts of a system) because...Positive (negative) work is done by a thermodynamic system when it expands (contracts) under an external pressure. Heat is the energy transferred between two objects (or two parts of a system) because of a temperature difference. Internal energy of a thermodynamic system is its total mechanical energy.

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