TY  - JOUR
AU  - Fernández Pineda, Cristóbal
AU  - Velasco Maíllo, Santiago
PY  - 2005
DO  - 10.1088/0143-0807/26/4/N01
SN  - 0143-0807
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50886
T2  - European Journal of Physics
AB  - 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.
LA  - eng
M2  - N13
PB  - IOP Publishing Ltd.
TI  - Entropy maximization in the free expansion process
TY  - journal article
VL  - 26
ER  -