%0 Journal Article %A Fernández Pineda, Cristóbal %A Velasco Maíllo, Santiago %T Entropy maximization in the free expansion process %D 2005 %@ 0143-0807 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50886 %X 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. %~