(Note: The difference between W [29.67 kJ] here and the product of T 0 and
entropy change in Prob. 3.8 [=28.7 kJ] is the small amount of work derived
from the reversible cooling of the whole two blocks from 557.85 to
522.35 K)
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2. Wall G (2009) EXERGETICS Bucaramanga 2009
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4. Carnot S (1878) Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice du Feu, Carnot H (ed) (Fragments of
writings published posthumously by H. Carnot). Gauthier-Villars, Paris, France
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Thermochimica Acta 474:16–24
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354
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Versailles (1967), North-Holland Publ. Company, Amsterdam. It is in this communication
that the term “structure dissipative” was used for the first time.
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16. Callen HB (1
st edition, 1960; 2
nd edition, 1985) Thermodynamics and an Introduction to
Thermostatistics. Wiley, New York
17. Wang LS (2017) The second law: From Carnot to Thomson-Clausius, to the theory of exergy,
and to the entropy-growth potential principle. Entropy 2017, 19, 57
18. Helm G (1887) Die Lehre von der Energie, histoisch-kritisch entwickelt. A Felix, Leipzig
19. Deltete RJ (2012) Planck, Ostwald, and the second law of thermodynamics. The Journal of
the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 2(No. 1):121–146
20. Deltete RJ (1999) Helm and Boltzmann: Energetics at the Lubeck Naturforscherversammlung. Synthese 119(No.1/2):45–68
21. Smil V (2017) Energy and Civilization, A History. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
22. Kondepudi D, Prigogine I (1998) Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to
Dissipative Structures. Wiley, New York
23. Prigogine I (1947) Etude Thermodynamique des Phénomènes Irréversibles. Dunod, Paris
24. Coveney PV (1988) The second law of thermodynamics: entropy, irreversibility and
dynamics. Nature 333(No.2): 409–415. In the article, Coveney wrote, “From an epistemological viewpoint, the contributions of Prigogine’s Brussels School are unquestionably of
signal importance. The myth of a completely timeless, deterministic Universe is henceforth
replaced by a world in which static affairs are enlarged to embrace the probabilistic kinetics of
process; in which reversibility and irreversibility are accorded equal objectivity; and in which
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entropy change in Prob. 3.8 [=28.7 kJ] is the small amount of work derived
from the reversible cooling of the whole two blocks from 557.85 to
522.35 K)
References
1. Atkins P (2010) The Laws of Thermodynamics. Oxford Univ Press
2. Wall G (2009) EXERGETICS Bucaramanga 2009
3. Joule JP (1850) On the mechanical equivalent of heat. Phil Trans R Soc 140:61–82
4. Carnot S (1878) Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice du Feu, Carnot H (ed) (Fragments of
writings published posthumously by H. Carnot). Gauthier-Villars, Paris, France
5. Fermi E (1956) Thermodynamics. Dover (p. 48)
6. Mach E (1896) Principles of the Theory of Heat. Reidel, Dordrecht; Verlag von J. A. Barth,
Leipzig
7. Callendar HL (1911) The caloric theory of heat and Carnot’s principle. Proc Phys Soc London
23:153–189
8. Falk G (1985) Entropy, a resurrection of caloric—a look at the history of thermodynamics.
Eur J Phys 6:108–115
9. Truesdell C (1980) The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics: 1822–1854. Springer,
New York
10. Job G, Lankau T (2003) How harmful is the first law? Ann NY Acad Sci 988:171–181
11. Fuchs H (2010) The Dynamics of Heat (Springer-Verlag, New York)
12. Mares JJ et al. (2008) Phenomenological approach to the caloric theory of heat.
Thermochimica Acta 474:16–24
13. Daub EE (1970) Entropy and dissipation. Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences 2:321–
354
14. Prigogine I (1969) Structure, Dissipation and Life. Theoretical Physics and Biology.
Versailles (1967), North-Holland Publ. Company, Amsterdam. It is in this communication
that the term “structure dissipative” was used for the first time.
15. Prigogine I (1977) Biographical Prepared for the occasion of 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
16. Callen HB (1
st edition, 1960; 2
nd edition, 1985) Thermodynamics and an Introduction to
Thermostatistics. Wiley, New York
17. Wang LS (2017) The second law: From Carnot to Thomson-Clausius, to the theory of exergy,
and to the entropy-growth potential principle. Entropy 2017, 19, 57
18. Helm G (1887) Die Lehre von der Energie, histoisch-kritisch entwickelt. A Felix, Leipzig
19. Deltete RJ (2012) Planck, Ostwald, and the second law of thermodynamics. The Journal of
the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 2(No. 1):121–146
20. Deltete RJ (1999) Helm and Boltzmann: Energetics at the Lubeck Naturforscherversammlung. Synthese 119(No.1/2):45–68
21. Smil V (2017) Energy and Civilization, A History. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
22. Kondepudi D, Prigogine I (1998) Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to
Dissipative Structures. Wiley, New York
23. Prigogine I (1947) Etude Thermodynamique des Phénomènes Irréversibles. Dunod, Paris
24. Coveney PV (1988) The second law of thermodynamics: entropy, irreversibility and
dynamics. Nature 333(No.2): 409–415. In the article, Coveney wrote, “From an epistemological viewpoint, the contributions of Prigogine’s Brussels School are unquestionably of
signal importance. The myth of a completely timeless, deterministic Universe is henceforth
replaced by a world in which static affairs are enlarged to embrace the probabilistic kinetics of
process; in which reversibility and irreversibility are accorded equal objectivity; and in which
232
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