On Classical Ideal Gases

We show that the thermodynamics of ideal gases may be derived solely from the Democritean concept of corpuscles moving in vacuum plus a principle of simplicity, namely that these laws are independent of the laws of motion, aside from the law of energy conservation. Only a single corpuscle in contact...

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Main Authors: Laurent Chusseau, Jacques Arnaud, Fabrice Philippe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-02-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/3/960