A thermodynamic derivative means an experiment

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All too often, courses in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics barrage their students with numerous equations that are left unexamined and uninvestigated. This note explains how to pause, examine a thermodynamic equation, and render it more meaningful. Three techniques are discussed: (1) design two experiments that would measure the quantities on either side of the equality; (2) examine special cases; (3) consider the consequences if the equality failed to hold.

American Journal of Physics: Volume 67, Issue 12, Pages 1094-1095

https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19088

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DOI:: 10.1119/1.19088
Keyword:: Thermodynamics
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created June 22, 2009 by Anne Cox
Record Updated:: June 22, 2009 by Anne Cox
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 1, 1999
Other Collections:: The Statistical and Thermal Physics

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