Entropy maximization in the free expansion process
| dc.contributor.author | Fernández Pineda, Cristóbal | |
| dc.contributor.author | Velasco Maíllo, Santiago | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-20T10:38:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-20T10:38:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-07 | |
| dc.description | © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd. SV thanks financial support by Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) of Spain under grants BFM 2002-01225 FEDER and BFM 2003-07106 FEDER, and by Junta de CyL-FSE of Spain under grants SA080/04 and SA092/04. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The entropy maximum principle is applied to obtain the final equilibrium state in the free expansion of a perfect gas. This provides an example where the entropy of an isolated system at equilibrium has an absolute maximum which is not a local maximum. | |
| dc.description.department | Depto. de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica | |
| dc.description.faculty | Fac. de Ciencias Físicas | |
| dc.description.refereed | TRUE | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT) of Spain | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Junta de CyL-FSE of Spain | |
| dc.description.status | pub | |
| dc.eprint.id | https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/23636 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/0143-0807/26/4/N01 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0143-0807 | |
| dc.identifier.officialurl | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/26/4/N01 | |
| dc.identifier.relatedurl | http://iopscience.iop.org/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50886 | |
| dc.issue.number | 4 | |
| dc.journal.title | European Journal of Physics | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.page.final | N16 | |
| dc.page.initial | N13 | |
| dc.publisher | IOP Publishing Ltd. | |
| dc.relation.projectID | BFM 2002-01225 FEDER | |
| dc.relation.projectID | BFM 2003-07106 FEDER | |
| dc.relation.projectID | SA080/04 | |
| dc.relation.projectID | SA092/04 | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | restricted access | |
| dc.subject.cdu | 536 | |
| dc.subject.ucm | Termodinámica | |
| dc.subject.unesco | 2213 Termodinámica | |
| dc.title | Entropy maximization in the free expansion process | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dc.volume.number | 26 | |
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