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The '''third law of thermodynamics''' (or '''Nernst's theorem''' after the experimental work of Walther Nernst | The '''third law of thermodynamics''' (or '''Nernst's theorem''' after the experimental work of Walther Nernst) states that the [[entropy]] of a system approaches a minimum (that of its ground state) as one approaches the [[temperature]] of absolute zero. One can write | ||
:<math>\lim_{T \rightarrow 0} \frac{S(T)}{N} = 0</math> | :<math>\lim_{T \rightarrow 0} \frac{S(T)}{N} = 0</math> | ||
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:<math>\alpha := \frac{1}{V} \left. \frac{\partial V}{\partial T} \right\vert_p = -\frac{1}{V} \left. \frac{\partial S}{\partial p} \right\vert_T \rightarrow 0</math> | :<math>\alpha := \frac{1}{V} \left. \frac{\partial V}{\partial T} \right\vert_p = -\frac{1}{V} \left. \frac{\partial S}{\partial p} \right\vert_T \rightarrow 0</math> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/22/1/021 P. T. Landsberg "A comment on Nernst's theorem", Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General '''22''' pp. 139-141 (1989)] | |||
[[category: classical thermodynamics]] | [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | ||
[[category: quantum mechanics]] | [[category: quantum mechanics]] |