Entropy generation in a chemical reaction

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/31/2/003zbMATH Open1195.80002arXiv1209.4388OpenAlexW3100924374WikidataQ99713569 ScholiaQ99713569MaRDI QIDQ3559244FDOQ3559244

Enrique N. Miranda

Publication date: 12 May 2010

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Entropy generation in a chemical reaction is analyzed without using the general formalism of non-equilibrium thermodynamics at a level adequate for advanced undergraduates. In a first approach to the problem, the phenomenological kinetic equation of an elementary first order reaction is used to show that entropy production is always positive. A second approach assumes that the reaction is near equilibrium to prove that the entropy generated is always greater than zero, without any reference to the kinetics of the reaction. Finally, it is shown that entropy generation is related to fluctuations in the number of particles at equilibrium, i.e. it is associated to a microscopic process.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4388

zbMATH Keywords

entropy generationteaching thermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Chemical kinetics in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A30)

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