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English: Schematic figure of a Brownian ratchet (Feynman-Smoluchowski ratchet), a simple hypothetical mechanism used in a thought experiment by Marian Smoluchowski and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman to demonstrate the laws of thermodynamics. The device is a tiny paddlewheel attached to a ratchet. It appears to be an example of a Maxwell's Demon, able to produce useful work from the random thermal motion of molecules at a constant temperature in violation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Feynman and others showed why it cannot actually produce work if T1 = T2
Esperanto: Skema bildo de Brown-a kliko.
Español: Esquema del trinquete de Feynman.
Italiano: Figura schematica della ruota (ratchet) di Feynman.
Polski: Schemat zapadki.
Sicilianu: N'apparecchiu dû fisicu Feynman. |
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| Author | Bdkoivis |
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