2.43 | Spring 2024 | Graduate

Advanced Thermodynamics

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Two curves and a few rectangles.
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Energy versus entropy diagrams are used extensively in this course to illustrate effectively many fundamental concepts about nonequilibrium states as well as thermodynamic equilibrium. This picture is used in lecture 9 to show the important role played by wall rarefaction effects in determining thermodynamic equilibrium properties of small systems. (Image courtesy of Prof. Gian Paolo Beretta.)
Two curves and a few rectangles.

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