An Account of Thermodynamic Entropy

Author(s): Alberto Gianinetti

DOI: 10.2174/9781681083933117010009

The Effect of Temperature

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An Account of Thermodynamic Entropy

The Effect of Temperature

Author(s): Alberto Gianinetti

Pp: 50-55 (6)

DOI: 10.2174/9781681083933117010009

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

Since the features of macroscopic processes derive from the microscopic behaviour of the system’s constituent particles, it is shown that temperature, which appears to us as a simple property of macroscopic bodies, is indeed a complex effect of the movement of the body’s particles.


Keywords: Boltzmann factor, Dominating distribution, Heat transfer, Increase of entropy, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, Non-uniform energetic distribution, Partition functions, Peaked probability distribution of thermal energy, Probabilistic equilibration, Redistribution of thermal energy, Reduction in entropy, Spontaneous change, Uniform spatial distribution.

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