Entropy Production and Thermal Conductivity of A Dilute Gas
Statistical Mechanics
2011-02-17 v3 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
It is known that the thermal conductivity of a dilute gas can be derived by using kinetic theory. We present here a new derivation by starting with two known entropy production principles: the steepest entropy ascent (SEA) principle and the maximum entropy production (MEP) principle. A remarkable feature of the new derivation is that it does not require the specification of the existence of the temperature gradient. The known result is reproduced in a similar form.
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@article{arxiv.1006.2920,
title = {Entropy Production and Thermal Conductivity of A Dilute Gas},
author = {Yong-Jun Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.2920},
year = {2011}
}
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7 pages, 1 figure