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Fernández Pineda, Cristóbal and Velasco Maíllo, Santiago (2005) Entropy maximization in the free expansion process. European Journal of Physics, 26 (4). N13-N16. ISSN 0143-0807
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/26/4/N01
Abstract
The entropy maximum principle is applied to obtain the final equilibrium state in the free expansion of a perfect gas. This provides an example where the entropy of an isolated system at equilibrium has an absolute maximum which is not a local maximum.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd. SV thanks financial support by Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) |
Subjects: | Sciences > Physics > Thermodynamics |
ID Code: | 23636 |
Deposited On: | 22 Nov 2013 08:11 |
Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2015 14:27 |
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