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The Onsager Relations; Theoretical Basis

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The Onsager reciprocal relations between irreversible processes are derived from the time (motion) reversal invariance of the microscopic equations of motion within the framework of two models: first, the statistical theory of macroscopic quantities and linear regression laws, and second, the kinetic theory of gases.

Recently a relativistic version of the latter theory has been developed, in which also reciprocal relations have been derived.

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de Groot, S.R. (1973). The Onsager Relations; Theoretical Basis. In: Domingos, J.J.D., Nina, M.N.R., Whitelaw, J.H. (eds) Foundations of Continuum Thermodynamics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02235-9_9

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