Thermodynamic equilibrium

In thermodynamics, a thermodynamic arrangement is said to be in thermodynamic calm back it is in thermal equilibrium, automated equilibrium, radiative equilibrium, and actinic equilibrium. The chat calm agency a accompaniment of balance. In a accompaniment of thermodynamic equilibrium, there are no net flows of amount or of energy, no appearance changes, and no asymmetric potentials (or active forces), aural the system. A arrangement that is in thermodynamic calm adventures no changes back it is abandoned from its surroundings

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In non-equilibrium systems there are net flows of amount or energy, or appearance changes are occurring; if such changes can be triggered to action in a arrangement in which they are not already occurring, it is said to be in a metastable equilibrium.

Overview

Classical thermodynamics deals with activating calm states. The bounded accompaniment of a arrangement at thermodynamic calm is bent by the ethics of its accelerated parameters, such as burden or temperature. To be specific, thermodynamic calm is characterized by the minimum of a thermodynamic potential, such as the Helmholtz chargeless energy, i.e., systems at connected temperature and volume:A = U – TS;Or as the Gibbs chargeless energy, i.e., systems at connected burden and temperature:G = H – TS.where T = temperature, S = entropy, U = centralized activity and H = enthalpy. The Helmholtz chargeless activity is generally denoted by the attribute F, but the use of A is adopted by IUPAC 2

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The action that leads to a thermodynamic calm is alleged thermalization. An archetype of this is a arrangement of interacting particles that is larboard undisturbed by alfresco influences. By interacting, they will allotment energy/momentum amid themselves and ability a accompaniment area the all-around statistics are abiding in time.

Local and global equilibrium

It is advantageous to analyze amid all-around and bounded thermodynamic equilibrium. In thermodynamics, exchanges aural a arrangement and amid the arrangement and the alfresco are controlled by accelerated parameters. As an example, temperature controls calefaction exchanges. All-around thermodynamic calm (GTE) agency that those accelerated ambit are connected throughout the accomplished system, while bounded thermodynamic calm (LTE) agency that those accelerated ambit are capricious in amplitude and time, but are capricious so boring that, for any point, one can accept thermodynamic calm in some adjacency about that point.

If the description of the arrangement requires variations in the accelerated ambit that are too large, the actual assumptions aloft which the definitions of these accelerated ambit are based will breach down, and the arrangement will be in neither all-around nor bounded equilibrium. For example, it takes a assertive cardinal of collisions for a atom to equilibrate to its surroundings. If the boilerplate ambit it has confused during these collisions removes it from the adjacency it is equilibrating to, it will never equilibrate, and there will be no LTE. Temperature is, by definition, proportional to the boilerplate centralized activity of an equilibrated neighborhood. Since there is no equilibrated neighborhood, the abstraction of temperature break down, and the temperature becomes undefined.It is important to agenda that this bounded calm may administer alone to a assertive subset of particles in the system. For example, LTE is usually activated alone to massive particles. In a beaming gas, the photons actuality emitted and captivated by the gas charge not be in thermodynamic calm with anniversary added or with the massive particles of the gas in adjustment for LTE to exist. In some cases, it is not advised all-important for chargeless electrons to be in calm with the abundant added massive atoms or molecules for LTE to exist.As an example, LTE will abide in a bottle of baptize that contains a melting ice cube. The temperature central the bottle can be authentic at any point, but it is colder abreast the ice cube than far abroad from it. If energies of the molecules amid abreast a accustomed point are observed, they will be broadcast according to the Maxwell-Boltzmann administration for a assertive temperature. If the energies of the molecules amid abreast addition point are observed, they will be broadcast according to the Maxwell-Boltzmann administration for addition temperature.

Local thermodynamic calm does not crave either bounded or all-around stationarity. In added words, anniversary baby belt charge not accept a connected temperature. However, it does crave that anniversary baby belt change boring abundant to about sustain its bounded Maxwell-

Boltzmann administration of atomic velocities. A all-around non-equilibrium accompaniment can be durably anchored alone if it is maintained by exchanges amid the arrangement and the outside. For example, a globally durably anchored accompaniment could be maintained central the bottle of baptize by continuously abacus cautiously delicate ice into it in adjustment to atone for the melting, and continuously clarification off the meltwater. Transport phenomena are processes that advance a arrangement from bounded to all-around thermodynamic equilibrium. Going aback to our example, the circulation of calefaction will advance our bottle of baptize against all-around thermodynamic equilibrium, a accompaniment in which the temperature of the bottle is

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Thermal equilibrium

Thermal calm is accomplished back two systems in thermal acquaintance with anniversary added cease to accept a net barter of energy. It follows that if two systems are in thermal equilibrium, again their temperatures are the same.

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Thermal calm occurs back a system's arresting thermal observables accept accomplished to change with time. For example, an ideal gas whose administration action has stabilised to a specific Maxwell-Boltzmann administration would be in thermal equilibrium. This aftereffect allows a distinct temperature and burden to be attributed to the accomplished system. Thermal calm of a arrangement does not betoken complete accord aural a system; for example, a river arrangement can be in thermal calm back the arresting temperature administration is abiding and not alteration in time, alike admitting the spatial temperature administration reflects thermal abuse inputs

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Quasistatic equilibrium

Quasistatic calm is the quasi-balanced accompaniment of a thermodynamic arrangement abreast to thermodynamic equilibrium, in some sense. In a quasistatic or calm process, a abundantly apathetic alteration of a thermodynamic arrangement from one calm accompaniment to addition occurs such that at every moment in time the accompaniment of the arrangement is abutting to an calm state. During a quasistatic process, the arrangement alcove calm abundant faster, about instantaneously, than its concrete ambit vary.

Non-equilibrium

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics is a annex of thermodynamics that deals with systems that are not in thermodynamic equilibrium. Most systems begin in attributes are not in thermodynamic calm because they are alteration or can be triggered to change over time, and are continuously and discontinuously accountable to alteration of amount and activity to and from added systems. The thermodynamic abstraction of non-equilibrium systems requires added accepted concepts than are dealt with by calm thermodynamics. Many accustomed systems still today abide above the ambit of currently accepted arresting thermodynamic methods.

General references

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Hans R. Griem (2005) Principles of Plasma Spectroscopy (Cambridge Monographs on Plasma Physics), Cambridge University Press, New York ISBN 0-521-61941-6

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F. Mandl (1988) Statistical

Physics, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons