A thermodynamic potential (or more accurately, a thermodynamic potential energy) is a scalar quantity used to represent the thermodynamic state of a system. Similarly to the potential energy of the conservative gravitational field, defined as capacity to do work, various thermodynamic potentials have similar meanings.
A thermodynamic potential (or more accurately, a thermodynamic potential energy) is a scalar quantity used to represent the thermodynamic state of a system. Similarly to the potential energy of the conservative gravitational field, defined as capacity to do work, various thermodynamic potentials have similar meanings.
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