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John A. Quinn Distinguished Lecture: “Some Uses and Misuses of Equilibrium Thermodynamics”
John A. Quinn Distinguished Lecture: “Some Uses and Misuses of Equilibrium Thermodynamics”
We will discuss a number of legitimate and of wrongful applications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, in particular, in the screening of chemical processes. We consider how ideas of equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics can be of value in some non-equilibrium situations, particularly in the cases of very slow diffusion and reaction.