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cond-mat.stat-mech2018★ 1 cited
State Variables and Constraints in Thermodynamics of Solids and Their Implications
Koun Shirai
There is a common view in thermodynamics that the behavior of a macroscopic system can be described by only a few state variables. Although this is true for many cases, it is uncle…
cond-mat.stat-mech2018
On the unattainability of absolute zero temperature and the Nernst heat theorem
Koun Shirai
It is sometimes argued that the unattainability of zero temperature is a consequence of the second law of thermodynamics. Historically, the independence of the unattainability of z…
cond-mat.stat-mech2018★ 1 cited
Residual Entropy and Refinement of the Third-Law Expression
Koun Shirai
Although the third law of thermodynamics was established almost a century ago, it is not yet universally considered to be a fundamental law of physics. A major problem is that ther…