Thermodynamic analysis in smelting processes entails the quantitative evaluation of energy changes and phase stability that govern the conversion of ores into metallic products. At its core lies the ...

In biophysics, the kinetic states of molecules play a determining role in the metabolic and physiological processes in which they take part. Now, a new article specifies for the first time the levels ...

Thermodynamic modelling of metamorphic processes synthesises mineralogical observations and fundamental thermodynamic principles to reconstruct the pressure–temperature–composition (P–T–X) evolution ...

In the loop: PhD student Monika Monika takes a closer look at the negative-temperature experimental setup in Jena. (Courtesy: Ira Winkler/University Jena) Researchers in Germany and the US have ...

Metabolic processes are chemical reactions and these often involve generation of heat. Living organisms, however, do not follow all the laws of thermodynamics. Organisms are open systems that exchange ...

The Laws of Thermodynamics are the foundation of heat transfer and energy work. When any engineer is designing or implementing a system, the consideration of heat loss or energy produced is influenced ...