The logical foundations of Gibbs' paradox in classical thermodynamics

2013/05/01 by V. Ihnatovych, Ihnatovych, V.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Complex Systems and Dynamics #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1305.0742

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Abstract

The analysis of the arguments within the limits of the classical thermodynamics that lead to the Gibbs paradox was made. Features of preconditions used in the derivation of the entropy of mixing of ideal gases that caused the appearance of paradox were established. It was shown that the Gibbs paradox has not connection with the assumption of discrete differences between the parameters of different gases.

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