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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''SklogWiki''' is a wiki for the thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and computer simulation of materials community. SklogWiki derives its name from the famous equation: | '''SklogWiki''' is a wiki for the thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and computer simulation of materials community. SklogWiki derives its name from the famous equation for the entropy: | ||
: | :S=k log W | ||
This equation is engraved at the top of Boltzmann's headstone at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof. | This equation is engraved at the top of Boltzmann's headstone at the Vienna Zentralfriedhof. | ||
The symbols, | The symbols, | ||
:< | :ΘΔ<sup>cs</sup> | ||
is the short-hand used by James Clerk Maxwell for the word '''t'''hermo'''d'''ynami'''cs'''. | is the short-hand used by James Clerk Maxwell for the word '''t'''hermo'''d'''ynami'''cs'''. | ||
==Principal topics== | ==Principal topics== | ||
*Classical thermodynamics | *Classical thermodynamics | ||