Re: [Phys-l] Reversible versus quasi-static processes (was Re: PV question)

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

One (supposed) 'great thing' about the Wikipedia is that it is open 
for editing (improvement) by those who posses the knowledge to do so.

There are, unfortunately, a few 'controversial' topics that are 
moderated to prevent 'malicious' editing but I doubt that much 
physics content falls into this category.

	I hope that some improvement to the Wikipedia will article 
will result from this discourse.
	Making changes is really quite straightforward.

At 10:43 AM -0800 1/24/10, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
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>  For instance, Wikipedia, defines a reversible process as
> "a process that can be "reversed" by means of infinitesimal changes 
> in some property of the system without loss or dissipation of energy."
>
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_process_(thermodynamics)
>
> I take issue with this definition because it suggests that there are
> processes in which energy is "lost."