5. Thermodynamic Relations
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5.3 Thermodynamic Diagrams
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Thermodynamic properties of pure fluids can be determined when any two properties are specified. Thermodynamic diagrams provide these properties in terms of two independent variables.
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These diagrams find wide applications in computation of thermodynamic properties and analysis of processes.
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Various combinations of these independent variables give rise to different type of thermodynamic diagrams. \(T\)-\(S\), \(P\)-\(H\), and \(H\)-\(S\) diagrams, as shown in Figs.9), (10) and (11), respectively are the most important thermodynamic diagrams.
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Mollier diagram: It is the \(H\)-\(S\) diagram of water.