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  2. Entropy - Wikipedia

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    The Clausius equation introduces the measurement of entropy change which describes the direction and quantifies the magnitude of simple changes such as heat transfer between systems — always from hotter body to cooler one spontaneously. Thermodynamic entropy is an extensive property, meaning that it scales with the size or extent of a system.

  3. Entropy (statistical thermodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    The von Neumann entropy formula is an extension of the Gibbs entropy formula to the quantum mechanical case. It has been shown [ 1 ] that the Gibbs Entropy is equal to the classical "heat engine" entropy characterized by d S = δ Q T {\displaystyle dS={\frac {\delta Q}{T}}\!} , and the generalized Boltzmann distribution is a sufficient and ...

  4. Entropy (order and disorder) - Wikipedia

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    A measure of disorder; the higher the entropy the greater the disorder. [5] In thermodynamics, a parameter representing the state of disorder of a system at the atomic, ionic, or molecular level; the greater the disorder the higher the entropy. [6] A measure of disorder in the universe or of the unavailability of the energy in a system to do ...

  5. Introduction to entropy - Wikipedia

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    When measuring entropy using the natural logarithm (ln), the unit of information entropy is called a "nat", but when it is measured using the base-2 logarithm, the unit of information entropy is called a "shannon" (alternatively, "bit"). This is just a difference in units, much like the difference between inches and centimeters.

  6. Entropy (classical thermodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    In the case of an ideal gas, the heat capacity is constant and the ideal gas law PV = nRT gives that α V V = V/T = nR/p, with n the number of moles and R the molar ideal-gas constant. So, the molar entropy of an ideal gas is given by (,) = (,) + ⁡ ⁡. In this expression C P now is the molar heat capacity. The entropy of inhomogeneous ...

  7. Van 't Hoff equation - Wikipedia

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    The Van 't Hoff equation relates the change in the equilibrium constant, K eq, of a chemical reaction to the change in temperature, T, given the standard enthalpy change, Δ r H ⊖, for the process. The subscript r {\displaystyle r} means "reaction" and the superscript ⊖ {\displaystyle \ominus } means "standard".

  8. Sackur–Tetrode equation - Wikipedia

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    The Sackur–Tetrode equation is an expression for the entropy of a monatomic ideal gas. [ 1 ] It is named for Hugo Martin Tetrode [ 2 ] (1895–1931) and Otto Sackur [ 3 ] (1880–1914), who developed it independently as a solution of Boltzmann's gas statistics and entropy equations, at about the same time in 1912.

  9. Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory - Wikipedia

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    Despite the foregoing, there is a difference between the two quantities. The information entropy Η can be calculated for any probability distribution (if the "message" is taken to be that the event i which had probability p i occurred, out of the space of the events possible), while the thermodynamic entropy S refers to thermodynamic probabilities p i specifically.