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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== |
Revision as of 15:33, 7 February 2008
_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
having the SI units of Kelvin (named in honour of William Thomson).