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Thermodynamics includes several sub-disciplines within its framework:  

Thermodynamics includes several sub-disciplines within its framework:  

*''Classical thermodynamics'', which concerns the transfer of energy and work in normal systems with no consideration of the interactions of particles at the microscopic level.  Classical thermodynamics makes ''no'' explicit reference to the constituent particles of a system. It consists of a number of "empirical" laws, which are derived purely from observations on thermodynamical systems, such as vessels of gas, or [[steam engine]]s.

*''Classical thermodynamics'', which concerns the transfer of energy and work in normal systems with no consideration of the interactions of particles at the microscopic level.  Classical thermodynamics makes ''no'' explicit reference to the constituent particles of a system. It consists of a number of "empirical" laws, which are derived purely from observations on thermodynamical systems, such as vessels of gas, or [[steam engine]]s.

*''Statistical thermodynamics'', which concerns the interactions and energy relationships of particles at the microscopic level, with a reliance on [[quantum theory]].

*''Statistical thermodynamics'', which concerns the interactions and energy relationships of particles at the microscopic level

*''Quantum thermodynamics'', which is thermodynamics extended to [[quantum mechanics|quantum]] systems.

*''Chemical thermodynamics'', which is heat and energy transfers involving chemical reactions within chemical systems.

*''Chemical thermodynamics'', which is heat and energy transfers involving chemical reactions within chemical systems.