Nature of Heat and Thermal Energy: From Caloric to Carnot’s Reflections, to Entropy, Exergy, Entransy and Beyond
The nature of thermal phenomena is still elusive and sometimes misconstrued. Starting from Lavoisier, who presumed that caloric as a weightless substance is conserved, to Sadi Carnot who erroneously assumed that work is extracted while caloric is conserved, to modern day researchers who argue that t...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/8/584 |