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To: 2AtHomeMom
As we all know, delta-S = SdQ/T. (S is entropy, SdQ the energy input, T the absolute temperature.)

Crap. We all know no such thing. Whoever wrote this idiocy - and I suspect it wasn't you; you probably cribbed it from some basher web-site - can't even transcribe a formula correctly, let alone understand it.

The equation is dS=dqrev/T. q (lower case) is the reversible heat, not the energy. Unless you specify it's the reversible heat, it's not correct to write it as a differential at all. Heat itself is a path variable.

While you're staying at home, Mom, pick up a chemistry text.

605 posted on 01/30/2005 2:31:55 PM PST by Right Wing Professor (Evolve or die!)
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