Work reservoirs in thermodynamics

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

J. Anacleto (Author) Other

Journal

Title: European Journal of Physics

Vol. 31 No. 3

Pages: 617-624

ISSN: 0143-0807

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing

Indexing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Physics

Other information

Abstract (EN): We stress the usefulness of the work reservoir in the formalism of thermodynamics, in particular in the context of the first law. To elucidate its usefulness, the formalism is then applied to the Joule expansion and other peculiar and instructive experimental situations, clarifying the concepts of configuration and dissipative work. The ideas and discussions presented in this study are primarily intended for undergraduate students, but they might also be useful to graduate students, researchers and teachers.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific