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The concept of entropy was introduced by Clausius through his investigation of the Carnot cycle, which was discussed in the previous chapter. Subsequently, it has been applied to chemical thermodynamics. The nature of entropy is the same in both general thermodynamics (the Carnot cycle) and chemical thermodynamics, but the concept is applied differently in the latter. This may hinder a full understanding of entropy in relation to chemical thermodynamics, and so is discussed from different perspectives in this book. In this chapter, entropy is discussed from microscopic and macroscopic perspectives in order to deepen our understanding of the concept.
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Matsushita, T., Mukai, K. (2018). Entropy, S. In: Chemical Thermodynamics in Materials Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0405-7_6
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