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WHAT IS ENTROPY?

G.J. Franklin B.Sc., Ph.D. (Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notingham)

Education + Training

ISSN: 0040-0912

Article publication date: 1 September 1963

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Abstract

STUDENTS OF engineering thermodynamics and of heat engines alike are confronted eventually with the question ‘What is entropy?’, and the difficulties which can be associated with conveying the answer are well known. One possible source of misunderstanding can be the attempt to define or introduce entropy in physical terms.

Citation

Franklin, G.J. (1963), "WHAT IS ENTROPY?", Education + Training, Vol. 5 No. 9, pp. 421-422. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb015339

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MCB UP Ltd

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