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The '''temperature''' of a system in [[classical thermodynamics]] is intimately related to the [[zeroth law of thermodynamics]]; two systems having to have the same temperature if they are to be in thermal equilibrium. | |||
By making use of the [[Equation of State: Ideal Gas |ideal gas law]] one can define an absolute temperature | |||
:<math>T = \frac{pV}{Nk_B}</math> | |||
having the SI units of ''Kelvin'' (named in honour of [[William Thomson]]). | |||
:<math>\frac{1}{T(E,V,N)} = \left. \frac{\partial S}{\partial E}\right\vert_{V,N}</math> | :<math>\frac{1}{T(E,V,N)} = \left. \frac{\partial S}{\partial E}\right\vert_{V,N}</math> | ||
==Kinetic temperature== | ==Kinetic temperature== | ||
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_NOTOC_ The temperature of a system in classical thermodynamics is intimately related to the zeroth law of thermodynamics; two systems having to have the same temperature if they are to be in thermal equilibrium. By making use of the ideal gas law one can define an absolute temperature
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having the SI units of Kelvin (named in honour of William Thomson).
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{1}{T(E,V,N)} = \left. \frac{\partial S}{\partial E}\right\vert_{V,N}}