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Thermodynamics of Gyula Farkas - a new (old) approach to entropy.

Author(s) : MARTINAS K., BRODSZKY I.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Caratheodory's postulate system is regarded as a milestone in the history of the foundation of thermodynamics and as one of the most elegant constructions. Entropy is introduced via the adiabatic inaccessibility postulate. The main statement is the existence of an integrating factor for the heat element of the first law independently of the number of variables. The early history is practically forgotten. The ideas leading to Caratheodory's principle developed slowly from the very moment that Clausius developed his famous integral formula. In 1895, Gyula Farkas, a Hungarian physicist, had already formulated a version of the adiabatic inaccessibility postulate.

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  • Original title: Thermodynamics of Gyula Farkas - a new (old) approach to entropy.
  • Record ID : 2004-0506
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Period. polytech., Chem. Eng. - vol. 44 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 2000
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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