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Article #48Re: Thermodynamics (was Re: Sartre's 3 laws)
From: Scott M Klabacha
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 01:22
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 01:22
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enw2049@zeus.tamu.edu (WALKE, ERIK N) writes:
>
> At the end of our first semester p-chem course, after many weeks
> thermodynamics, phase diagrams, enthalpy & entropy, our prof
> gave us this summary of the 3 Laws:
>
>
> First Law of Thermodynamics: You can't win.
>
> Second Law of " You can break even only if you
> work at absoloute zero.
>
> Third Law of " You can't work at absolute zero.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I learned this one as "You can never get
all the way to absolute zero."
And this was in a first year chemistry course, halfway across the country
(University of Chicago).
***gLITTOfERN*** glitto@iastate.edu
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