Gibbs's paradox - Gibbs's paradox

Japanese: ギブズの背理 - ぎぶずのはいり
Gibbs's paradox - Gibbs's paradox

…In England, this argument was accepted, and discussion of the second law ceased for about 20 years. Maxwell also considered Gibbs' paradox, which states that when different types of molecules are mixed, entropy increases, but when the molecules are homogeneous, it remains unchanged, and argued that entropy is not an observable property of the system itself, but a quantity related to human knowledge of the system. In other words, entropy is not a microscopic physical quantity, but a macroscopic physical quantity. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Gibbs's paradox" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリスではこの議論は受容され,第2法則の議論は20年間くらいやんだ。マクスウェルはまた,異種の分子を混合するとエントロピーは増すのに同種のときは不変であるというギブズの背理を考え,エントロピーは系自体のもつ観測可能な性質ではなく,系についての人間の知識にも関係する量だとした。つまりエントロピーは微視的物理量ではなく,巨視的物理量だというのである。…

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