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A Short Journey from Quarks to the UniverseEquilibrium and Minimization of Total Energy

A Short Journey from Quarks to the Universe: Equilibrium and Minimization of Total Energy [The First and the Second Laws of Thermodynamics are presented. Their combination leads to the conclusion that one of the thermodynamic potentials, such as the energy or the free energy, becomes minimum when thermodynamic equilibrium is reached. Which one of them is minimized at equilibrium is determined by the boundary conditions. The important concept of chemical potential is introduced.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Short Journey from Quarks to the UniverseEquilibrium and Minimization of Total Energy

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Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Copyright
© Eleftherios N. Economou 2011
ISBN
978-3-642-20088-5
Pages
27 –31
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-20089-2_4
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Abstract

[The First and the Second Laws of Thermodynamics are presented. Their combination leads to the conclusion that one of the thermodynamic potentials, such as the energy or the free energy, becomes minimum when thermodynamic equilibrium is reached. Which one of them is minimized at equilibrium is determined by the boundary conditions. The important concept of chemical potential is introduced.]

Published: Jun 29, 2011

Keywords: Equilibrium; Minimization of energy; Entropy; Availability; Gibbs free energy; Second law

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