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types of
thermodynamic instruments, the
meter and the reservoir. A
thermodynamic meter is any
device which measures any
parameter of a
thermodynamic system...
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partition function describes the
statistical properties of a
system in
thermodynamic equilibrium.[citation needed]
Partition functions are
functions of the...
- of equilibrium, a
state function,
function of state, or
point function for a
thermodynamic system is a
mathematical function relating several state variables...
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concept of
thermodynamic potentials was
introduced by
Pierre Duhem in 1886.
Josiah Willard Gibbs in his
papers used the term
fundamental functions. Effects...
- or
thermodynamic variables. Once such a set of
values of
thermodynamic variables has been
specified for a system, the
values of all
thermodynamic properties...
- irreversible. The
thermodynamic concept was
referred to by
Scottish scientist and
engineer William Rankine in 1850 with the
names thermodynamic function and heat-potential...
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energy (or
Helmholtz energy) is a
thermodynamic potential that
measures the
useful work
obtainable from a
closed thermodynamic system at a
constant temperature...
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system is zero, as
entropy is a
state function.
During a
closed cycle, the
system returns to its
original thermodynamic state of
temperature and pressure...
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three main
kinds of
thermodynamic processes: (1)
changes in a system, (2)
cycles in a system, and (3) flow processes. (1) A
Thermodynamic process is a process...
- =\varepsilon \ \mathbf {E} ~.} More generally, the
permittivity is a
thermodynamic function of state. It can
depend on the frequency, magnitude, and direction...
