Equilibrium is macroscopically static, but is microscopically dynamic!

1. Chemical Equilibrium

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   Jan 7, 2010 – All about chemical equilibrium Part 1 of 5. ... Equilibrium is macroscopically static, but is microscopically dynamic! .... When a chemical reaction is at equilibrium, any disturbance of the system, such as a change in temperature, ...
2. Order, Disorder, and the Law of Maximum Entropy Production

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   The active, macroscopic nature of the second law presented a profound blow to the ... to a final state of macroscopic uniformity and maximum microscopic disorder. ... microstates such as a gas in a box at equilibrium, or moving towards it.
3. Entropy (statistical thermodynamics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   The macroscopic state of the system is defined by a distribution on the ... microscopic states (or microstates) of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium, .... In contrast, the universe may be considered an isolated system, so that its total disorder ...
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   Microscopic Description of Equilibrium States & Processes

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   Equilibrium. Entropy. Natural processes. Specific objectives. •. Explain the relation between macroscopic entropy and microscopic disorder or complexity of a ...
5. Lars Onsager's Regression Hypothesis

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   ... the regression of microscopic thermal fluctuations at equilibrium follows the macroscopic law of relaxation of small non-equilibrium disturbances (L. Onsager, ...
6. Microscopic versus macroscopic approaches to non ... - IOPscience

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   Jan 27, 2011 – Microscopic versus macroscopic approaches to non-equilibrium systems. Statphys24. Bernard Derrida. Show affiliations · derrida@lps.ens.fr ...
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   ... in Microscopic versus macroscopic approaches to non-equilibrium systems. ... the spectral operator on fractal strings · Cold atoms in the presence of disorder ...
8. Macroscopic order induced by microscopic disorder - bristol.ac.uk

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   Feb 8, 2011 – Macroscopic order induced by microscopic disorder ... In particular, in equilibrium, ordered phases are destroyed when the diversity increases ...
9. Current fluctuations in discrete transport systems far from equilibrium ...

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   Current fluctuations in discrete transport systems far from equilibrium. ... by which at equilibrium the macroscopic admittance or linear response can be expressed ... This second term is generated by microscopic disturbances, which cannot be ...
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    Equilibrium Versus Nonequilibrium - Condensed Matter Physics

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    The study of microscopic systems far from equilibrium is much less well advanced. ..... macroscopic disturbances in the conserved quantities away from the ...