ThermodynamicsThermodynamics is a branch of physics that deals with heat, work, and temperature, and their relation to energy, entropy, and the physical properties of matter and radiation. The…View analysis →
EntropyEntropy is a thermodynamic state variable that quantifies the probabilistic distribution of accessible microstates in a system. The term and the concept are used in diverse…View analysis →
Principle of maximum entropyThe principle of maximum entropy states that, among all probability distributions consistent with a given set of constraints (such as normalization or specified expectation…View analysis →
Entropy (statistical thermodynamics)The concept entropy was first developed by German physicist Rudolf Clausius in the mid-nineteenth century as a thermodynamic property that predicts that certain spontaneous…View analysis →
Condenser (heat transfer)In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a heat exchanger used to condense a gaseous substance into a liquid state through cooling. In doing so, the latent heat is…View analysis →
