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Macroscopic Description of Special Systems

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In the preceding section the general scheme of macroscopic thermodynamics has been developed. In this section this scheme will be applied to special systems. Our intention is not to present a survey over the numerous applications of thermodynamics but to offer some illustrating examples.

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Schlögl, F. (1989). Macroscopic Description of Special Systems. In: Probability and Heat. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-13977-5_3

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