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The uniqueness of the integration factor associated with the exchanged heat in thermodynamics
- Source :
- Fundamental Research 1, 6 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- State functions play important roles in thermodynamics. Different from the process function, such as the exchanged heat $\delta Q$ and the applied work $\delta W$, the change of the state function can be expressed as an exact differential. We prove here that, for a generic thermodynamic system, only the inverse of the temperature, namely $1/T$, can serve as the integration factor for the exchanged heat $\delta Q$. The uniqueness of the integration factor invalidates any attempt to define other state functions associated with the exchanged heat, and in turn, reveals the incorrectness of defining the entransy $E_{vh}=C_VT^2 /2$ as a state function by treating $T$ as an integration factor. We further show the errors in the derivation of entransy by treating the heat capacity $C_V$ as a temperature-independent constant.<br />Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, has been accepted by Fundamental Research and will be published soon. Comments are welcome
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
Physics - Classical Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Fundamental Research 1, 6 (2021)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2012.14787
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2020.11.003