Timeline for Can a system in thermodynamic equilibrium perform work?
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| Jan 15, 2017 at 14:14 | comment | added | AHB | @SRS the answer is no because of definition of equilibrium. | |
| Jan 15, 2017 at 14:13 | comment | added | SRS | I didn't say, I move out of equilibrium. I'm asking about the possibility of maintaining the same equilibrium while doing work. | |
| Jan 15, 2017 at 14:10 | comment | added | AHB | @SRS Yes. In EQ, they hold. But not out of it. And that sign convention is more than a convention, most of the books assume the positive work to be done on the system. But here an increment in volume indicated negative work on the system. | |
| Jan 15, 2017 at 14:08 | comment | added | SRS | the sign is a convention. The equations I wrote does hold in equilibrium. It doesn't hold when you're out of equilibrium. If one understands, what can/cannot happen in mechanical equilibrium, one can generalize the conclusion for generalized works for chemical and thermal equilibrium. | |
| Jan 15, 2017 at 14:04 | history | answered | AHB | CC BY-SA 3.0 |