FINITE-MASS HEAT RESERVOIRS AND THE 2ND LAW

Authors
ZANCHINI E BARLETTA A
Citation
E. Zanchini et A. Barletta, FINITE-MASS HEAT RESERVOIRS AND THE 2ND LAW, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. B, Relativity, classical and statistical physics, 110(10), 1995, pp. 1245-1258
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. B, Relativity, classical and statistical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241888
Volume
110
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1245 - 1258
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1888(1995)110:10<1245:FHRAT2>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
It is proved that a simple system composed of a pure substance, at its triple point, can exchange energy while passing through stable-equili brium states at constant volume and temperature, and, therefore, repre sents a heat reservoir with finite mass. Moreover, it is proved that t he behaviour of a pair of identical simple systems composed of the sam e substance, each in a state of the triple point, requires a slight mo dification of some recent statements of the second law of thermodynami cs.