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It follows immediately that the equations of stale are homogeneous zero order. That is, multiplication of each of the independent extensive parameters by a scalar 'A leaves the function unchanged. 14) 38 The Cond1t,ons of Eqwhhrium It therefore follows that the temperature of a portion of a system is equal to the temperature of the whole system. This is certainly in agreement with the intuitive concept of temperature. 14), and together with the temperature are said to be intensive. To summarize the foregoing considerations it is convenient to adopt a condensed notation.
The first thing to be noted is that no examination of the pond at any time can indicate how much of the water within it came by way of the stream and how much came by way of rain. The term rain refers only to a method of water transfer. Let us suppose that the owner of the pond wishes to measure the amount of water in the pond. He can purchase flow meters to be inserted in the streams, and with these flow meters he can measure the amount of stream water entering and leaving the pond. But he cannot purchase a rain meter.
2-3. 2-1. Draw two such "isotherms," corresponding to two values of the temperature, and indicate which isotherm corresponds to the higher temperature. 2-4. Find the three equations of state for a system with the fundamental equation and show that, for this system,µ, = - u. 2-5. 2-4. 2-6. 2-7. iand pressure P0 , are expanded isentropically (s = constant) until the pressure is halved. What is the final temperature? 2-8. 25, for a system with r components r 1 + [ (µ 1 du= Tds - Pdv - µ,)dx 1 1=1 where the x 1 are the mole fractions(= ~/N).