Volume 24: Pages 338-344, 2011

Improving our thermodynamic perspective

Kent W. Mayhew^a)

68 Pineglen Cres., Ottawa, Ontario K2G 0G8, Canada

We will discuss the fact that our traditional thermodynamic perspective may be skewed and present some alternatives.

Nous discuterons le fait que notre perspective thermodynamique traditionnelle pourrait être déformée et présentons quelques alternatives.

Keywords: Joule's Experiment, Internal Energy, Entropy, Work, Ideal Gas, Second Law, First Law, Temperature, Efficiency, Global Warming

Received: June 5, 2007; Accepted: May 14, 2011; Published Online: July 14, 2011

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