Entropy


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<emphasis role="bold">Entropy</emphasis>
<emphasis role="bold">Entropy</emphasis>
<emphasis role="bold">INTRODUCTION</emphasis> To allow us to apply the second law of thermodynamics to a process we will identify a property called entropy. This will parallel our discussion of the first law; first we stated the first law for a cycle and then derived a relationship for a process.
<emphasis role="bold">DEFINITION</emphasis> Consider the reversible Carnot engine oper…
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Merle Potter; Craig Somerton: Schaum’s Outline of Thermodynamics for Engineers, Second Edition. Entropy, Chapter (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009 1993), AccessEngineering Export