Entropy production: Its role in non-equilibrium thermodynamics

Entropy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-116

  Velasco, Rosa Maria ^a   García Colín, Leopoldo Scherer ^a   Uribe, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Entropy production; Fluctuations; Uncompensated heat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857199660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e13010082     Document Type: Review

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