'Entropy is anthropomorphic': does this lead to interpretational devalorisation of entropy-enthalpy compensation?
Journal article, 2013

It is presently well recognised that the concept of entropy can be formulated in many different ways-and this is definitely dependent on the problem to be solved. Does this fact really mean that the entropy-enthalpy compensation underlying physically/chemically valid iso-kinetic, iso-selective, iso-equilibrium relationships immediately loses its interpretational value? By invoking the well forgotten (and sometimes even simply unknown!) work by G.A. Linhart, we would like to demonstrate that in effect entropy's anthropomorphicity opens interesting interpretational opportunities.

gases

mechanics

thermodynamics

probability

Thermodynamics

volume-temperature relations

time-dependent friction

Compensation

Enthalpy

phantom

Entropy

heat-capacity

Author

Jewgeni Starikow

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

Monatshefte für Chemie

0026-9247 (ISSN) 1434-4475 (eISSN)

Vol. 144 1 97-102

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Physical Chemistry

DOI

10.1007/s00706-012-0837-y

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