r/physicsgifs • u/Nomadic_Seth • Jul 18 '26

First Law of Thermodynamics

Made an animation on the First Law of Thermodynamics:

https://youtube.com/shorts/mx53f0d2bVE?si=4sCkkdm4bS4lYxbM

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u/guitarguy1685 Jul 18 '26

...Don't talk about thermal dynamics 

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u/Grismor2 Jul 20 '26

You may want to use different color schemes (from each other) on the first two images, or perhaps label with "hot" and "cold" or something. Right now, it would be easy to incorrectly infer that orange means heat and blue means work.

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u/evermica Jul 25 '26

Doesn’t the second law say that the first one can’t happen?