On Rates of Approach to Equilibrium
- 1 October 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 21 (10) , 1888-1889
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1698684
Abstract
The limiting conditions on the applicability of an exponential decay law for the rate of approach to equilibrium of a system which is near but not at equilibrium are discussed. Attention is called to a solution which is more general; it consists of a superposition of exponentials, with a spectrum of relaxation times.Keywords
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