Vhung wrote what looks like a brand new Thermodynamics article. Why? Why not try to adapt the old one, or, if the old one is irremediably bad, why not move it to a
/Talk page? Basically, we don't want to have to vote about which version is the best. That's not the wiki way... --
LMS
0th-law:
- It is possible to build a thermometer.
- That is: If objects A and B are in thermal equilibrium with each other, and objects B and C are in thermal equilibrium with each other, then objects A and C are also in thermal equilibrium with each other.
- Two objects are in thermal equilibrium with each other, if their macroscopic properties, such as electrical resistance or volume, do not change with time when these objects are brought into thermal contact with each other.
Excised old version
1st-law:
2nd-law:
- Degradation of Energy (irreversibilities)
- "Nothing goes without loss"
- concept of Entropy (s)
- T.ds = du + p.dv
- T.ds = dh - v.dp
In lay terms,
- You can't win.
- You can't even break even.
- And you can't get out of the game.
3rd-law:
Would it be unfair of me to suggest that this page requires some serious refactoring? :-) --
LMS
Refactoring thermodynamics is best attempted by madmen or fools, or by
foolish madmen such as [Clifford Truesdell]
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