heat death of the Universe
heat death of the Universe The long-term fate of the Universe, according to the laws of thermodynamics, in which all matter will eventually reach the same temperature. In this condition no energy is available for doing work and the
entropy of the Universe is at a maximum. This outcome was predicted by the German physicist Rudolf Julius Emmanuel Clausius (1822–88), who introduced the concept of entropy.
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Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius
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Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius The German physicist Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (1822-1888) was one of the chief architects of thermodynamics and the kinetic theory of gases. Born on Jan. 2, 1822, in K ö slin, Pomerania, R...
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Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emanuel
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Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emanuel (1822–88) German physicist, regarded as the founder of thermodynamics . Using the work of Sadi Carnot , Clausius formulated the second law of thermodynamics that heat cannot pass...
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