Negative Absolute Temperatures, a Novelty

• Jaime Wisniak ^[1]
  1. [1] Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

     Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

     Israel

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 77, Nº 4 (April), 2000, págs. 518-518
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The concept of absolute temperature is developed on the basis of the second law. It is shown that although, in general, the absolute temperature can take only positive values, it can achieve negative values for particular cases where only a finite number of energy levels are available.