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The second law of thermodynamics and quantum heat engines: Is the law strictly enforced?

✍ Scribed by Peter D. Keefe

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
173 KB
Volume
42
Category
Article
ISSN
1386-9477

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