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Essence of the third law: The delineation of two forms of thermodynamics

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The third law is generalized to the effect that for systems in internal thermodynamic equilibrium, either the entropy tends to zero with the temperature, implying a state of complete order, or the entropy tends to its maximum value as the temperature increases without limit, indicating a state of complete disorder.

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  1. Università di Camerino, 62032, Camerino (MC), Italy

    B. H. Lavenda

  2. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, Hull, UK

    J. Dunning-Davies

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Work supported by the EU Human Capital and Mobility Programme (Contract No. ERBCHRXCT920007).

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Lavenda, B.H., Dunning-Davies, J. Essence of the third law: The delineation of two forms of thermodynamics. Nuov Cim B 110, 265–276 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02741368

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