Status of the Clausius inequality in classical thermodynamics
Classical Physics
2013-09-30 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We present an analysis of the foundations of the well known Clausius inequality. It is shown that, strictly speaking, the inequality is not a logical consequence of the Kelvin-Planck formulation of the second law of thermodynamics. Some thought experiments demonstrating the violation of the Clausius inequality are considered. Also, a reformulation of the Landauer's principle in terms of the Clausius inequality is proposed. This version of the inequality may be considered a consequence of the fluctuation theorem.
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@article{arxiv.1309.7191,
title = {Status of the Clausius inequality in classical thermodynamics},
author = {A. V. Gavrilov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.7191},
year = {2013}
}
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29 pages, 9 figures