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When two bodies are placed in thermal contact, the hotter body gives off heat to the colder body. As long as the temperatures are different, there will be a flow of heat between them. After a while, the temperature becomes equal and the heat flow ceases. From that moment on the bodies are in thermal equilibrium.
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de Oliveira, M.J. (2013). Carnot Principle. In: Equilibrium Thermodynamics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36549-2_2
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