 Thermodynamic temperature (source code)

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= Thermodynamic temperature
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Absolute thermodynamic temperature can be defined so that a reversible engine exchanging heats $Q_h$ and $Q_c$ with reservoirs at $T_h$ and $T_c$ satisfies
$$
\frac{Q_c}{Q_h}=\frac{T_c}{T_h},
\qquad
\eta=1-\frac{T_c}{T_h}.
$$
A choice of one reference temperature fixes the scale.

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