Entropy Calculator

This is a C++ project that calculates the entropy change of different elements in specified temparature difference.

Project Structure

• main.cpp: The entry point of the application.
• elements/: This directory contains the definition of different elements.
• headers/: This directory contains the header files for the project.
• bin/: This directory contains the compiled binaries.
• obj/: This directory contains the object files generated during compilation.

How to Build

Code::Blocks

1. Open the entropy-calculator.cbp file in Code::Blocks.
2. Click on the "Build" button or select "Build" from the "Build" menu.

How to Run

After building the project, you can run the program by clicking on the "Run" button or selecting "Run" from the "Build" menu in Code::Blocks.

Visual Studio Code (Linux)

1. Open the project in Visual Studio Code.
2. Press F5 to build the project.
3. It will create a task.json file in the .vscode directory.
4. Configure the task.json file to build the project like this one,

{
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "cppbuild",
            "label": "C/C++: g++ build active file",
            "command": "/usr/bin/g++",
            "args": [
                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
                "-g",
                "${file}",
                "-o",
                "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
            ],
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
            },
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
        }
    ],
    "version": "2.0.0"
}

And finally press F5 again to build and run the project.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

How to add a new element

1. Create a new file in the elements/ directory with the name of the element (e.g. water.h for water element)
2. Define the element in the file. Declare a class with the name of the element which inherits from the baseElement class.
3. Write constructor and set the values of the properties of the element.

// Example: water.h
#ifndef WATER_HPP_INCLUDED
#define WATER_HPP_INCLUDED
#include "../headers/baseElement.h"

class water : public baseElement
{
public:
    water()
    {
        setElementName("Water");
        setSpecificHeatLiquid(4184);
        setSpecificHeatSolid(2093);
        setSpecificHeatGas(2010);
        setLatentHeatOfFusion(334000);
        setLatentHeatOfVaporization(2260000);
        setMeltingPoint(273);
        setBoilingPoint(373);
    }
};
#endif // WATER_HPP_INCLUDED

4. Include the header file in the allElements.cpp file located in the headers/ directory.

// include new element's header file
#include "../elements/water.h"

// inside getElements() function, add the new element
// push the new element to the elements vector
elements.push_back(new water());

Issues

If you find any issues with the project, please open an issue in the repository. Click here to open an issue

License

MIT

Author

SR Tamim

Contributors