Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Laws of Thermodynamics

If one looks around the Internet, he or she can find a multitude of pages that state the laws of thermodynamics; so why add one more?  I've been writing a lot of posts on thermodynamics, but nowhere have I given a concise statement of the laws; also, I am not always happy with how the laws are described.  So this post is my contribution.



The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

The zeroth law states:
If two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, then they are in thermal equilibrium with each other.