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Life and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Nature, 1946
WHETHER life processes obey the second law of thermodynamics or if life finds a way of evading the otherwise universal dissipation of energy has been something of a puzzle for a century. Kelvin left the matter open in his formulation of the Second Law, by expressly excluding the operations of ‘animate agencies’.
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The second law of thermodynamics

1991
The first law of thermodynamics was developed in Chapter 4 from a study of the effects of adiabatic work on the state of a system. This law introduces the concept of internal energy (a non-primitive state function) and imposes certain limitations on the changes that can occur in a system under given constraints.
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Thermodynamics and the Second Law

2013
This chapter assesses how the approach to chemical equilibrium is governed by the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which involves the physical property known as entropy. These ideas arise within the physical theory generally known as thermodynamics. Thermodynamics is a theory which describes the behaviour of bulk matter; quantum mechanics, in contrast ...
James Keeler, Peter Wothers
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics

2016
As everyday experience shows, all natural phenomena are irreversible. The irreversibility establishes the arrow of time. Natural irreversibility has its own rules, which are stated in the second law of thermodynamics. We shall start giving the two historical statements, one due to Clausius, one due to Lord Kelvin, and then prove their equivalence ...
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Science, 1885
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Experimental performance evaluation of desiccant coated heat exchangers from a combined first and second law of thermodynamics perspective

Energy Conversion and Management, 2020
Khin Zaw, Kian Jon Chua
exaly  

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

2010
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Entropy, enthalpy and volume of perfect crystals at limiting high pressure and the third law of thermodynamics

Thermochimica Acta, 2021
Gyan Johari
exaly  

Equalities and Inequalities: Irreversibility and the Second Law of Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2011
Christopher Jarzynski
exaly  

The Origins of Time-Asymmetry in Thermodynamics: The Minus First Law

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 2001
Harvey R Brown
exaly