Grandpa Chet's Entropy Recipe - Comments

[Chestermiller]

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Grandpa Chet's Entropy Recipe

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[Greg Bernhardt]

Great recipe Chet! Looking forward to future tastings :)

 

[boneh3ad]

Don't be so hard on yourself. I always thought of you more like the crazy old uncle.

 

[Praphul T]

Thank you Chet! I am a Master student in thermal engineering and I find this extremely helpful. [emoji4]

 

[Chestermiller]

Don't be so hard on yourself. I always thought of you more like the crazy old uncle.

I don't know about the uncle part, but...

 

[MexChemE]

You're the best, Chet!

 

[Lo Scrondo]

Many thanks for your contribution Chet, I've read many useful answers you gave here, before signing in!

If I just could ask a thing...Your insight talks about entropy change in closed systems. However, doesn't the last example depict an isolated system?

 

[Chestermiller]

Many thanks for your contribution Chet, I've read many useful answers you gave here, before signing in!

If I just could ask a thing...Your insight talks about entropy change in closed systems. However, doesn't the last example depict an isolated system?

Isolated systems are a subset of closed systems.

 

[Lo Scrondo]

Isolated systems are a subset of closed systems.

I've thought that this could be the motivation. Thanks for your confirm!

 

[Logic hunter]

this article alone was sufficient to get my thermodynamics right.