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Discussion in Session 2 “Innovative Methods of Teaching”
Dr. Jones agreed that the availability concept was both more fundamental and an easier concept to grasp than the Gibbs function, so that materials scientist and chemists might perhaps use availability in prefe...
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Chapter
Thermodynamic Temperature — Dimensional Analysis
The development of a thermodynamic scale of temperature, based on the physical arguments of Carnot and Kelvin for a reversible thermodynamic device operating between two identifiable thermal states, may be tre...
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Chapter
Thermodynamic Nomenclature
A survey questionnaire, reproduced at Annex A, was issued to all authors contributing to the Workshop to elicit some sample response to the question of reviewing thermodynamic nomenclature. I am grateful to th...
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Constructing Temperature and Entropy Scales
Many students find difficulty with the concept of entropy. In a traditional mechanical engineering course of thermodynamics, based on cyclic heat engines, a thermodynamic scale temperature is constructed makin...
