Hei whakamārama i ngā tukanga thermodynamic kore e taea te hoki whakamuri, i titoa e ngā kaipūtaiao te ture tuarua o te thermodynamics. E whakamārama ana te ture tuarua o te thermodynamics i ngā tukanga ka taea te puta i te ao whānui, me ngā tukanga kāore e taea te puta. I kī tētahi kaipūtaiao ko RJE Clausius (1822-1888) i tēnei kōrero:
I te āhua tūturu, ka neke te wera mai i ngā mea pāmahana teitei ki ngā mea pāmahana iti; i te āhua tūturu, kāore te wera e neke mai i ngā mea pāmahana iti ki ngā mea pāmahana teitei (Te ture tuarua o te thermodynamics—te kōrero a Clausius).
Ko te kōrero a Clausius tētahi o ngā kōrero motuhake o te ture tuarua o te thermodynamics. Ka kiia he kōrero motuhake nā te mea e pā ana ki tētahi tukanga anake, e pā ana ki te whakawhiti wera. Nā te mea kāore tēnei kōrero e pā ana ki ētahi atu tukanga, me whai kōrero whānui ake tātou. Ko te whakawhanaketanga o tētahi kōrero whānui o te ture tuarua o te thermodynamics e ahu mai ana i te ako i ngā miihini wera. Nō reira, ka matapakihia e tātou te wera o te miihini i te tuatahi.
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