'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.
Compensation
phantom
Thermodynamics
Entropy
Enthalpy
time-dependent friction
heat-capacity
probability
mechanics
thermodynamics
volume-temperature relations
gases
Author
Evgeni B. Starikov
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry
Monatshefte für Chemie
0026-9247 (ISSN) 1434-4475 (eISSN)
Vol. 144 1 97-102Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Physical Chemistry
DOI
10.1007/s00706-012-0837-y