Nernst heat theorem

English

Etymology

Formulated by Walther Nernst in the early twentieth century.

Proper noun

the Nernst heat theorem

  1. (physics) A theorem, used in the development of the third law of thermodynamics, stating that as absolute zero is approached, the entropy change for a chemical or physical transformation approaches zero.
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