User talk:Netheril96

Nomination for deletion of Template:Thermo sign convention
Template:Thermo sign convention has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Bulwersator (talk) 09:14, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Thermodynamics
You have no grounds for changing this version...

Processes in which the entropy of an isolated system would decrease do not occur, or, in every process taking place in an isolated system, the entropy of the system either increases or remains constant

That version of the 2nd law comes from the textbook An Introduction to Thermodynamics, the Kinetic Theory of Gases, and Statistical Mechanics (2nd edition), by Francis Weston Sears, Addison-Wesley, 1950, 1953, page 111 (Chapter 7, "the Second Law of Thermodynamics").

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.218.41.105 (talk) 09:21, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

A few days ago I posted an article on the Second Law of Thermodynamics Page. You told me that the article should be moved to a different article or section. I retitled the article but since then have received a lot of criticism for the article. To be completely honest, the article was a project for my Thermo class, but as you have been the only person who has approached the article professionally, I was wondering if there was anything in the article that you found incorrect that I might be able to change. I feel like everyone else has been deleted it because they disagree with it. Thanks for your help

Mdkssner (talk) 22:10, 18 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I do not know the validity of your claim. But since the article was a project for your thermo class, it may constitute original research, which is discouraged on Wikipedia.--Netheril96 (talk) 05:11, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Well it wasn't an idea that was originally mine, this is a concern of many professionals. I felt I had an adequate amount of sources to back up the information I was presenting. Two other people, however, have removed it saying it is incorrect, but I feel they are either reading too much into it or are biased since their fields are not closely associated with thermodynamics. In any case, thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdkssner (talk • contribs) 20:34, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I am the one who revised your proof of Carnot's theorem.
Please read what I wrote about you on Wikiversity. - - guyvan52 (talk) 20:20, 13 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Your words about me turning stubs into first-rate articles really flatter me. Sadly I have left the field of physics so I no longer maintain these pages. The only minor problem with your change is that your new image is a raster image rather than vector one. It is considered best practice to use SVG instead of JPG files for diagrams on Wikipedia. Netheril96 (talk) 03:50, 25 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I looked back at your original source and concluded that your image was a significant improvement over the originals. I had to ponder your image for quite a while before I realized it could be improved.  The amazing thing about the Carnot cycle isn't that it is the most efficient, which all most textbooks say about the cycle.  There is nothing special about one cycle being first in efficiency -- it is the universal tie that astounds.  This tie ensures that the Clausius definition of entropy is valid.  Thanks to the Clausius theorem, the we know that the integral of dQ/T is a state variable because all reversible engines acting on any substance integrate dQ/T to the same value.  I NEVER understood that in my 25 years of college teaching.  Regarding the rasterization of my jpg images, I will see if we can get somebody from IT to help me with that.  Most of my jpegs were created from MS word raster images.  For some reason they won't save as gifs.  Merry Christmas! --guyvan52 (talk) 18:03, 25 December 2013 (UTC) (or Hanukkah or whatever)


 * Out of curiosity, are you a professor? Of what discipline? Netheril96 (talk) 03:02, 27 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I have been a physics prof for 26 years.--guyvan52 (talk) 02:27, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

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