Practice question · Put in order
Order these milestones in the development of thermodynamics.
- Joule establishes mechanical equivalent of heat
- Clausius formulates the first and second laws
- Carnot analyses ideal engine efficiency
- Nernst proposes the third law (heat theorem)
- Boltzmann connects entropy to statistical mechanics
Hints
- The engine analysis came before the concept of entropy was named.
- The statistical interpretation came after the thermodynamic one.
Show the answer
- Carnot analyses ideal engine efficiency
- Joule establishes mechanical equivalent of heat
- Clausius formulates the first and second laws
- Boltzmann connects entropy to statistical mechanics
- Nernst proposes the third law (heat theorem)
Why
Carnot (1824), Joule (1843–49), Clausius (1850–65), Boltzmann (1870s–80s), Nernst (1906).
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