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Re: adiabaticity and reversibility



At 13:32 17 01 2000 -0800, Leigh wrote:
speed approaches zero. "Adiabatic" refers to the ideal of nontransfer
of heat. "Adiabatic demagnetization", for example, refers to the
.....
is that it is carried out sufficiently quickly that exchange of heat
with the walls of the container during the process can be neglected.

Leigh would likely much prefer to have said this without having "heat" move
or even better without using the evil, four-letter word at all.

Let's see if he can do it. (:-)

Jim Green
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