It is proved that a simple system composed of a pure substance, at its triple point, can exchange energy while passing through stable-equilibrium states at constant volume and temperature, and, therefore, represents a heat reservoir with finite mass. Moreover, it is proved that the behaviour of a pair of identical simple systems composed of the same substance, each in a state of the triple point, requires a slight modification of some recent statements of the second law of thermodynamics. © 1995 Società Italiana di Fisica.
Finite-mass heat reservoirs and the second law / Zanchini E.; Barletta A.. - In: IL NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI FISICA. B, GENERAL PHYSICS, RELATIVITY, ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS AND METHODS. - ISSN 1594-9982. - STAMPA. - 110:10(1995), pp. 1245-1258. [10.1007/BF02724614]
Finite-mass heat reservoirs and the second law
Zanchini E.;Barletta A.
1995
Abstract
It is proved that a simple system composed of a pure substance, at its triple point, can exchange energy while passing through stable-equilibrium states at constant volume and temperature, and, therefore, represents a heat reservoir with finite mass. Moreover, it is proved that the behaviour of a pair of identical simple systems composed of the same substance, each in a state of the triple point, requires a slight modification of some recent statements of the second law of thermodynamics. © 1995 Società Italiana di Fisica.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
