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Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Entropy

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This informative site is from Georgia State University. The tendency of nature to move towards a more disordered state in an isolated system, a concept known as entropy, is discussed. This concept is well-depicted in meaningful diagrams.

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entropy, heat, temperature, thermal energy, thermodynamics
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arrow, direction of time, heat engines, heat pumps, refrigerator, second law, second law of thermodynamics, time's arrow, georgia state university: entropy, hyperphysics, disorder
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