Ehrenfest model
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Paul Ehrenfest and Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanaseva.
Noun
editEhrenfest model (plural Ehrenfest models)
- (thermodynamics) A model of diffusion used to explain the second law of thermodynamics, considering a number of particles in two containers, which independently change container at a certain rate.
- Synonym: dog-flea model