Which of the following parameters does not characterize the thermodynamic state of matter?

Question

Which of the following parameters does not characterize the thermodynamic state of matter? (A) Temperature (B) Pressure (C) Work (D) Volume

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Pressure, volume and temperature are thermodynamic state variables which are independent on the way how a state was achieved. But work is not a state variable because it depends on the way it was achieved.

Q. Which of the following parameters does not characterize the thermodynamic state of matter?

Temperature

Pressure

Work

Volume

Pressure, volume and temperature are thermodynamic state variables which are independent on the way how a state was achieved. But work is not a state variable because it depends on the way it was achieved.