Can the rate of Entropy generated be negative.

Subject: Can the rate of Entropy generated be negative.

Date: Mon Oct 2 04:00:14 2000
Posted by gopi nalla
Grade level: grad (science) School: Univ. of Texas at Austin
City: Austin State/Province: Texas Country: U.S.
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 970473614.Eg

Message:


Because we had a discussion that the sign of rate of internal generation 
of entropy per unit volume doesn,t matter in the microscopic entropy 
balance.
Ref. Sec 3.9, Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics by Stanley I. Sandler
3rd edition.

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