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THERMODYNAMICS IRREVERSIBLE SYSTEMS [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
CONT

Prigogine got the Nobel-price for his work on the thermodynamics of irreversible systems and most importantly in this context he showed that in so-called dissipative structures, i.e. systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium, ordered states may sometimes arise spontaneously out of disordered states.

Key term(s)
  • irreversible systems thermodynamics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
CONT

L'étude du fonctionnement des êtres vivants, systèmes infiniment plus complexes et non réversibles relève d'une branche encore très peu développée de cette science, la thermodynamique des systèmes irréversibles, c'est-à-dire fonctionnant loin de la réversibilité.

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