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The Third Law

Temperature Entropy of Nitrogen

Temperature Entropy of Nitrogen

Temperature–entropy diagram of nitrogen. The red curve at the left is the melting curve. Absolute value of entropy can be determined shown here, thanks to the third law of thermodynamics.

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