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... entropy difference St - Sa by imagining that the system is brought from the initial temperature Ta to the final tem ... entropy differences . To get the absolute magnitude of the entropy , one need only consider the limiting case where ...
... entropy difference St - Sa by imagining that the system is brought from the initial temperature Ta to the final tem ... entropy differences . To get the absolute magnitude of the entropy , one need only consider the limiting case where ...
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... entropy S * of the isolated combined system A * consisting of A and A ' must tend to increase so that AS * > 0. But SS + S ' if S ' denotes the entropy of the system A ' . The statement of increasing entropy applied to the isolated ...
... entropy S * of the isolated combined system A * consisting of A and A ' must tend to increase so that AS * > 0. But SS + S ' if S ' denotes the entropy of the system A ' . The statement of increasing entropy applied to the isolated ...
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... entropy S ' of A ' will be increased by an amount AS ' = q ' ( 102 ) To achieve the desired entropy compensation , we require that the entropy S * of the total isolated system A * consisting of A。 and A ' satisfy the condition AS ...
... entropy S ' of A ' will be increased by an amount AS ' = q ' ( 102 ) To achieve the desired entropy compensation , we require that the entropy S * of the total isolated system A * consisting of A。 and A ' satisfy the condition AS ...
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Characteristic Features of Macroscopic Systems | 1 |
Basic Probability Concepts | 55 |
Thermal Interaction | 141 |
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