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Covers the study of (primarily homogeneous) macroscopic systems from a heat/energy/entropy point of view. Consider also using the tag: [statistical-mechanics].
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Do Legendre Transforms preserve the number of independent variables? Mathematical question a...
The questions is to find a natural function of $\{E, V,\mu\}$ in thermodynamics which is causing certain conceptual issues for me with the Legendre transform. …
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How can a system/surrounding never be restored to it's initial state for irreversible cyclic...
In a cyclic process, the system returns to the same state i.e. the same $P, V, T$. If this is an irreversible cycle, how can the surrounding not return to it's original state? Wouldn't this imply that …
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Practically speaking, why is a calculation of entropy change useful?
Entropy is a starting point for many advanced theoretical statistical mechanics books but beyond it just being negative or positive, what does it actually tell you? Specifically, what does the magnitu …
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Is the work done on a system always equal to the negative of that work done by the surroundi...
I'm trying to conceptualize some aspects of thermodynamics for myself. …
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