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Jul 6, 2022 at 22:05 comment added Chet Miller For a primer (including worked examples) on how to determine the change in entropy for both the system and the surroundings for an irreversible process, see this article I wrote for PhysicsForums: physicsforums.com/insights/grandpa-chets-entropy-recipe
Jul 6, 2022 at 18:01 comment added Boson Let me know if you can access it, I'm new here so maybe I have made some errors in making the room
Jul 6, 2022 at 17:59 comment added Boson chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/137584/thermodynamics
Jul 6, 2022 at 17:58 comment added Boson I dont know what, but the room has some problems like replies not working...I have created a new room...please join it
Jul 6, 2022 at 17:08 comment added Chet Miller Please add me to your chat with BobD
Jul 6, 2022 at 13:38 comment added Boson I'm new and I can't figure out how to start a chat. Could you start it from your end?
Jul 6, 2022 at 13:37 comment added Boson Can we continue this discussion in chat?
Jul 6, 2022 at 13:01 comment added Chet Miller Regarding you second question, no. dq for the system for the reversible path does not necessarily have to match dq for the system for the irreversible path. For example, for an adibatic irreversible process, dq is zero but dq between the same two end states for a reversible path is not.
Jul 6, 2022 at 12:56 comment added Chet Miller To. get the changes in entropy of both system and surroundings for an irreversible process, you first separate them and then subject each to a separate reversible path. The reversible path for the system does not match the reversible path for the surroundings. Only the initial and final states have to match that of the irreversible path.
Jul 6, 2022 at 11:03 comment added Boson Also, $dq_{sys, rev}=dq_{sys,irrev}$ in the entropy change of universe calculation, right?
Jul 6, 2022 at 10:51 comment added Boson Just to clarify, you are saying $T_{sys}=T_{env}$ (where the temperature is taken at the boundary) in both reversible and irreversible but the value of temperature itself is different?
Jul 6, 2022 at 10:40 history answered Chet Miller CC BY-SA 4.0