Entropy and Kinetic Theory for a Confined Gas

Schnute, Jon

Canadian journal of mathematics, Tome 27 (1975) no. 6, pp. 1271-1315

Résumé

A well-known theorem in the classical kinetic theory for a gas states that the entropy is an increasing function of time. However, in order to obtain this theorem for a confined gas, some assumption about molecular response to the container wall is required. For example, it is enough to suppose that the wall reflects the molecules specularly [4].

Détail

DOI : 10.4153/CJM-1975-132-1

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