Glassy, Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline Materials: Thermal Physics, Analysis, Structure and Properties

0359659 - FZÚ 2012 RIV NL eng M - Monography Chapter
Mareš, Jiří J.
Hotness manifold, phenomenological temperature and other related concepts of thermal physics.
Glassy, Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline Materials: Thermal Physics, Analysis, Structure and Properties. Dodrecht: Springer, 2011 - (Šesták, J.; Mareš, J.; Hubík, P.), s. 326-346. ISBN 978-90-481-2881-5
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100521
Keywords : hotness manifold, * fixed points * Mach’s postulates * temperature
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism

Phenomenological temperature, a concept governing the thermal physics, is introduced as a subordinate concept to the hotness manifold defined by means of Mach’s postulates reformulated in terms of Cantor’s set theory. It is further shown that the definition of the so called Kelvin temperature scale is based on two idealized anthropomorphic abstractions, namely, on reversible cycle and perfect gas. Among the consequences directly following from our definition of phenomenological temperature the Nernst law of unattainability of absolute zero and the Lorentz invariance of temperature should be mentioned.
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