Irreversible entropy variation and the problem of the trend to equilibrium

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 289-292

  Lucia, Umberto ^a  

^a IIS G Marconi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entropy; Irreversible transformations; Open systems; Rational thermodynamics; Thermodynamic Lagrangian

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

IRREVERSIBLE TRANSFORMATIONS; RATIONAL THERMODYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC LAGRANGIAN;

ENTROPY;

EID: 33846176620     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.10.059     Document Type: Article

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