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State Functions

- A State Function is a thermodynamic quantity whose value depends only on the

state at the moment, i. e., the temperature, pressure, volume, etc

- The value of a state function is independent of the history of the system.

- Temperature is an example of a state function.

- The fact that temperature is a state function is extremely useful because it we

can measure the temperature change in the system by knowing the initial
temperature and the final temperature.

- In other words, we dont need all of the nitty-gritty detail of a process to measure
the change in the value of a state function.

- In contrast, we do need all of the nitty-gritty details to measure the heat or the
work of a system.