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Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems$
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Walter T. Grandy, Jr.

Print publication date: 2008

Print ISBN-13: 9780199546176

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2008

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546176.001.0001

Thermal Driving

Chapter:
(p. 107 ) 9 Thermal Driving
Source:
Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems
Author(s):

T. Grandy Walter

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546176.003.0009

This chapter introduces the concept of thermal driving, wherein very general external sources that go beyond simple mechanical and electrical forces are envisioned, from baseball bats to Bunsen burners. Elements of nonequilibrium thermodynamics are presented.

Keywords:   external driving, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, mechanical forces, electrical forces

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