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           COLLOQUIUM OF THE COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE CENTER
                              College of Science
                       (CDS Department CSI 898-Sec 001)
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           Entropy of mixing and entropy of assimilation, 
                  an information theoretical view.

                        Arieh Ben-Naim
  National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

This is my favorite lecture. It is addressed to anyone who has heard 
about "entropy of mixing".It is more of an "educational", or 
pedagogical character, than a research topic. I have given this 
lecture more than 30 times, all over the world. In most places the 
audience enjoyed it. And, of course, I have had a lot of fun too. 
The main idea is that, contrary to what is written in most textbooks, 
mixing of ideal gases, in itself does not change any thermodynamic 
property of the system. Hence, thermodynamically speaking, it is a 
"non-process". The informational-theoretical aspects of mixing and 
assimilation is discussed - be ready for some stunning conclusions!


                        Monday, February 11, 2008
                                  4:30 pm
                     Room 301, Research I, Fairfax Campus

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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