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Article #49Re: Thermodynamics (was Re: Sartre's 3 laws)
From: WALKE, ERIK N
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 14:26
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 14:26
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In article <1992Sep5.012246.7932@news.iastate.edu>, glitto@iastate.edu
(Scott M Klabacha) writes...
>>enw2049@zeus.tamu.edu (WALKE, ERIK N) writes:
>>
>> At the end of our first semester p-chem course, after many weeks of
>> 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
>
Dear Glitto: Halfway across the country from where? 'Twas Hugo
Franzen that told me those Three Laws. ;-)
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