State the first law of thermodynamics.
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| 4th Jun, 2014,
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According to the first law of thermodynamics, if heat is supplied to a system which is capable of doing work, then the quantity of heat energy absorbed by the system will be equal to the sum of the increase in the internal energy of the system and the external work done by it.
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