On the Development of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
1963; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1063/1.1703937
ISSN1527-2427
Autores Tópico(s)Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
ResumoA general view of the history of nonequilibrium thermodynamics shows how two main lines of development have recently fused into a single branch of science. The field theoretical formulation of thermodynamics (leading to a balance equation for the entropy) constitutes the framework of a theory in which the Onsager reciprocal relations form the pièce de résistance, the fundamental importance of which is outlined in this paper.
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