In: Mechanical Engineering
The project is to "Design and build an experiment to verify the first law of thermodynamics by stirring air with an electric motor powered paddle, in a well-insulated container." We are planning on finding the work of the motor and seeing if it equal to the change in internal energy of the container. The only problem is that we are confused on how to find the internal energy. What would be the best/easiest way to solve this? Also since the containor is well insulated does that mean that the deltaQ would equal 0?
Thank you very much!