Abstract

GARCIA-COLIN SCHERER, Leopoldo. La paradoja de Gibbs. Rev. Soc. Quím. Méx [online]. 2001, vol.45, n.4, pp.145-148. ISSN 0583-7693.

A reflection on the subtleties of Thermodynamics is made, in particular, on the Gibbs paradox. The calculation of the entropy change of the isobaric and isothermic process of difussion of two ideal gases allows to suppose that when the process takes place with two samples of the same gas, the mixing exists, which constitutes a paradox. It is shown that actually the paradox does not exist, and in fact, it is the result of a poor understanding and a wrong application of the laws of Thermodynamics.

Keywords : Paradox; Gibbs; difussion; ideal gases; Thermodynamics.