All About Energy & Entropy

Energy and Entropy: An Intimate Relationship — © 2013 Harvey S. Leff

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What is Energy?

Although energy is one of the most fundamental concepts in physics, it is an elusive beast that is difficult to pin down.

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Energy Transfers

The objective of this essay is to outline the types of energy transfers that occur in thermodynamics, namely, work, heat and mass transport.

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Spreading & Irreversibility

Spreading is a phenomenon that is very familiar to us. It is detectable by humans when they smell good or bad things in the air …

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Power & Reversibility

Time plays no role in much of thermodynamics as it is typically taught in physics and chemistry classes … In real-life processes, the situation is very different …

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