A New Perspective on Classical Ideal Gases
The ideal-gas barometric and pressure laws are derived from the Democritian concept of independent corpuscles moving in vacuum, plus a principle of simplicity, namely that these laws are independent of the kinetic part of the Hamiltonian. A single corpuscle in contact with a heat bath in a cylinder...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-08-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/9/3379 |