Ehrenfest model

English

Etymology

Named after Paul Ehrenfest and Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanaseva.

Noun

Ehrenfest model (plural Ehrenfest models)

1. (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