Accession Number:

AD0601907

Title:

THE STATISTICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

REDSTONE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION CENTER REDSTONE ARSENAL ALA

Personal Author(s):

• Ziegler,Hans

Report Date:

1964-05-28

Pagination or Media Count:

56.0

Abstract:

An attempt is made to generalize Onsagers theory to nonlinear processes. The statistical point of view is modified so that the principles of irreversible thermodynamics follow from it quite naturally, so that the fundamental theorems of reversible thermodynamics can be deduced from them as if they were special cases. It was shown that both Onsagers relations and their generalization readily follow from these considerations.

Descriptors:

• *STATISTICAL MECHANICS
• IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES
• THERMODYNAMICS
• ENTROPY
• HEAT
• ENERGY
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• WEST GERMANY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE