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The Carnot Cycle, Reversibility and Entropy

The Carnot cycle and the attendant notions of reversibility and entropy are examined. It is shown how the modern view of these concepts still corresponds to the ideas Clausius laid down in the nineteenth century. As such, they reflect the outmoded idea, current at the time, that heat is motion. It i...

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Autor principal: Sands, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8304770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34202081
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e23070810