Maxwell's thermodynamic surface
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Maxwell's thermodynamic surface is a conceptual representation in thermodynamics that illustrates the relationship between different thermodynamic variables, particularly entropy, volume, and energy. It is typically depicted as a multidimensional surface in a three-dimensional space where the axes represent entropy (S), volume (V), and internal energy (U). The surface provides a visual framework to understand how changes in one variable can affect the others and helps to derive relationships between different thermodynamic properties.
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