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In general terms, thermodynamics (literally ‘heat-force-action’) deals with matter and interactions between quantities of matter. Usually, it is sufficiently accurate to use the classical basis in which matter is regarded as continous and on a macroscopic scale, that is visible to the naked eye, and thus independent of any theory of molecular structure. This permits the direct measurement of thermodynamic properties*.
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Goodger, E.M. (1984). Basic Concepts. In: Principles of Engineering Thermodynamics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86025-8_1
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