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On the second law of thermodynamics
Journal of Statistical Physics, 1994The second law of thermodynamics has two distinct aspects to its foundations. The first concerns the question of why entropy goes up in the future, and the second, of why it goes down in the past. Statistical physicists tend to be more concerned with the first question and with careful considerations of definition and mathematical detail.
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Heart
Future Cardiology, 2012The second law of thermodynamics explains the phenomenon of irreversibility and the increasing entropic trend of nature. Similar to human-made machines, living structures are subjected to entropy generation, becoming 'worn' and 'damaged' from use. However, they have the possibility of eluding or deferring these processes.
Dini, Frank Lloyd +3 more
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics
2018The second law of thermodynamics is one of the most important concepts in thermodynamics, and a full understanding of it is required in order to understand the field as a whole. However, it is relatively complex and difficult to understand due to the complexity inherent in explaining it. Therefore, this book devotes considerable space to the second law
Kusuhiro Mukai, Taishi Matsushita
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2019
Though the balance of entropy has been denoted as Second Law of Thermodynamics in the previous chapters, its classical formulation comes along with thermodynamic cycles. Thus, the focus now is on these cycles. However, there are two different types of thermodynamic cycles: Clockwise cycles on the one hand convert heat into mechanical energy and are ...
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Though the balance of entropy has been denoted as Second Law of Thermodynamics in the previous chapters, its classical formulation comes along with thermodynamic cycles. Thus, the focus now is on these cycles. However, there are two different types of thermodynamic cycles: Clockwise cycles on the one hand convert heat into mechanical energy and are ...
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The second law of thermodynamics
1991The 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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The Second Law of Thermodynamics
2014In our qualitative description of processes we have already emphasized the trend of any isolated system towards an unique and stable equilibrium state. The Second Law of Thermodynamics is the quantitative formulation of this observation. Its importance goes well beyond the computation of the unique equilibrium states for isolated systems. In particular,
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GRAVITATION AND THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2004Just as gravitons can carry energy, they can also be used to transmit information. It follows that an entropy should be associated with gravitational degrees of freedom, independent of the presence or absence of black holes. In this essay, we discuss how one might count gravitational entropy given a classical gravitational field.
Andrew Chamblin, Joshua Erlich
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The second law of thermodynamics
1993To define a continuously operating heat engine To use the Carnot analogy to define the second law of thermodynamics. To introduce the concept of thermal efficiency as applied to a heat engine. To use the Carnot conclusion to introduce the absolute temperature scale.
Dimitrios P. Tassios +1 more
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Physics Today, 2005An original short story for Physics ...
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The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 1961Derivations of the mathematical statement of the second law of thermodynamics from the physical statements of Kelvin and Clausius are presented. Caratheodory's principle is obtained as a direct consequence of either Kelvin's or Clausius's statement.
I. Oppenheim, Bryce Crawford
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