Second Law of Thermodynamics-Introductory Concepts

Boxer, G.

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The chief aim in introducing the second law of thermodynamics is to derive the property entropy and the basic difficulty lies as much in the rather lengthy preamble as in any conceptual obscurity in the property itself.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aston in Birmingham, UK
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Boxer, G. (1976). Second Law of Thermodynamics-Introductory Concepts. In: Engineering Thermodynamics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02828-3_13

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