Historical observations on laws of thermodynamics

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4485-4490

  Sandler, Stanley I ^a   Woodcock, Leslie V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; IRREVERSIBLE PROCESS; IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS; RANKINE; STATE FUNCTIONS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77957983031     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je1006828     Document Type: Article

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