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View SchemaRedefining Heat and Work in the Right Perspective of Second-law-of-Thermodynamics
| Authors | R. C. Gupta, Anirudh Pradhan, Sushant Gupta |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0604174 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0604174 |
| License | http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ |
Abstract
There are some misnomers and misconceptions about what is heat and what is work; the recognition of heat and work is even more difficult when it comes to categorize energy as heat or work. Since both heat and work are energy the name-confusion does not make much difference from engineering point of view, but re-defining `heat' and `work' in the right-perspective of second-law-of-thermodynamics \cite {ref1} is necessary to revise our understanding at fundamental level. It is concluded that `heat is the energy carried by mass-less \textit{photons} whereas work is energy carried by mass-ive material \textit{fermions}'. Revised understanding of heat and work in this way has far reaching consequences in Physics [2-4]. The present paper lays emphasis on re-defining heat and work, removing the prevailing misconception, talks about single photon interaction and heat property of photon. Also, interestingly, it is noted that different fields of study such as `Thermodynamics' and `Relativity' are interlinked.
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