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johan_felisaz
425 days ago
Nitpick of the nitpick... Temperature is actually an intensive quantity, i.e. combining two subsystems with the same temperature yields a bigger system with the same temperature, not twice bigger.
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timewizard
425 days ago
This is why the "thermodynamic beta" is really useful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic_beta
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anon84873628
425 days ago
D'oh! Thanks for the correction
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic_beta