Sunday, July 2, 2017

What does the Clausius Inequality mean in thermodynamics? (entropy)



$$\delta S\ge\frac{\delta q}T$$



I don't understand how a quantity (the change in entropy in this case) can be greater than the very thing that defines it ($\mathrm{\frac{\delta q}{T}}$).



Also what is the significance of this inequality?




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