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Re: There's work, and then there's work



Eric T. Lane wrote:

Where can we find definitions of

0) the microscopic mechanical work
1) the mechanical pseudowork, which at least
one person calls work, as I discovered
yesterday.
2) the thermodynamic "W" work.

Here's how I define 'em:

http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/physics/thermo-laws.htm#sec-work