François Massieu and the thermodynamic potentials
| Autor: | Roger Balian |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Physics
Equation of state 060105 history of science technology & medicine 0103 physical sciences General Engineering Energy Engineering and Power Technology Thermodynamics 0601 history and archaeology 06 humanities and the arts Function (mathematics) 010306 general physics 01 natural sciences Thermodynamic potential |
| Zdroj: | Comptes Rendus Physique. 18:526-530 |
| ISSN: | 1631-0705 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.crhy.2017.09.011 |
| Popis: | The thermodynamic potentials have first been introduced in 1869 by Francois Massieu under the name of “fonctions caracteristiques” in two short articles published in the Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Motivated by applications to thermal engines, he showed how such a single function encompasses all properties of a fluid, linking its equation of state to its thermal properties. The conceptual interest of Massieu's functions was acknowledged many decades later. |
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