The thermodynamic compensation law

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Abstract
A demonstration of the thermodynamic compensation law is given; this law is shown to be a consequence of experimental approximations. It has been shown that the Meyer-Nelder rule is a consequence of experimental methods that consider a straight-line approximation of the In(X) versus 1/T plot of measurements of a physical quantity X in a limited temperature range. The ability of the Meyer-Neldel rule to give meaningful results is linked to the quality of the measurements and approximations made, but it appears that no genuine physical effect or fundamental relationships or universal quantities underlie its applicability.