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Contents 1 See also 1.1 In meteorology 1.2 In quantum chemistry 1.3 In thermodynamics 1.4 In quantum mechanics 1.5 In electronics 1.6 In carbohydrate chemistry

Adiabatic heating or cooling of a gas results from pressure change. Work is done on or by the gas, but there is no heat transfer with the environment. Heat can be supplied to the gas by friction however. If an adiabatic process is frictionless too, the process is reversible and can be called isentropic.

[edit] See also

[edit] In meteorology

• Adiabatic lapse rate, the change in air temperature with changing height, resulting from pressure change.

[edit] In quantum chemistry

• Adiabatic invariant Born-Oppenheimer approximation

[edit] In thermodynamics

• Adiabatic process
• Adiabatic ionization
• Adiabatic index

[edit] In quantum mechanics

• Adiabatic theorem

[edit] In electronics

• Adiabatic circuit
• Adiabatic logic

[edit] In carbohydrate chemistry

• Adiabatic map

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