In favour of the time variable in classical thermoDYNAMICS
Classical Physics
2015-03-17 v2 Physics Education
Abstract
A case for the teaching of classical thermodynamics with an explicit time variable, with phenomena involving changes in time, is made by presenting and solving a exercise in textbook style, and pointing out that a solution accords with experiment. The exercise requires an explicit treatment of the time variable. Further arguments are given for the advantages of an explicit time variable in classical thermodynamics, and against some standard terminology in this theory.
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@article{arxiv.1012.3091,
title = {In favour of the time variable in classical thermoDYNAMICS},
author = {PierGianLuca Porta Mana},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.3091},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
V2: 23 pages, 5 figures, largely rewritten and added references