Poincare range, 2, 197, 211, 212, 219, 227,
289, 294, 296
Polytropic processes of ideal gases, 55
Predicative Entropic Theory of Heat (PETH),
212, 214–219, 221, 225, 294–297
Premises of MTH, The, 192, 218
Premises of PETH, The, 218
Properties of ideal gas mixtures (Gibbs’
theorem), 121
Q
Quasi-static heat and work, 139
Quasi-staticity versus internal reversibility
versus reversibility, 98
Quasi-static processes, 17, 18, 20, 48, 100,
137–142, 148–150, 255, 267, 270, 272,
296
R
Reversible-like processes, 148, 150, 153, 218,
219, 221, 225, 226, 276, 281, 288, 290,
291, 295, 296
Reversible mixing of ideal gases, 124
S
Second Clausius theorem, The (Clausius’
Inequality), 100
Second law of thermodynamics, The, 1, 2, 57,
63, 136, 189, 193, 212, 277, 296
Sensible heat, 27, 29, 32, 48, 136, 151
Spontaneous energy conversion, 191, 216, 219,
276
Systems approaching equilibrium with an
external heat reservoir, 210
T
Temperature, 1, 6, 7, 9, 11–13, 15, 22, 25–30,
32–34, 36, 42, 43, 48–52, 57, 58, 61,
64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 72–74, 77, 81, 82,
84, 85, 89, 93, 94, 100, 103, 104, 106,
119, 121, 124, 127, 132, 136, 138,
145–147, 153, 161, 162, 165, 184, 192,
203–206, 213, 217, 221, 222, 224, 225,
228, 230, 231, 241, 247, 252, 253, 258,
262, 272, 273, 281, 290, 294
Thermal equation of state for ideal gases, 1, 11,
50
Thermodynamic equilibrium, 7, 129, 131, 142,
143, 160, 163, 171, 184, 195, 235, 258,
272
Thermodynamic potentials, 157–159, 246, 253,
254
Thermodynamic system, 7, 8, 19–21, 153, 171,
197, 247
Triadic framework, 217, 218, 221, 225, 226,
290, 297
W
Work, 1–4, 8, 11, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 38–,
47, 49, 56–58, 61, 63, 65–68, 70, 72,
74–82, 84, 85, 87–89, 93–95, 104–106,
108, 125, 129, 131, 136, 138, 140, 141,
148, 153–155, 157, 165–167, 169,
172–174, 176–178, 184, 190, 191, 196,
198, 200, 201, 203–206, 209–212,
216–218, 220, 222, 225, 227–229, 231,
232, 240–242, 258, 273, 276, 277, 279,
281–284, 286, 287, 289, 290, 295
Index
301