Thermodynamic Inequalities in Gases and Magnetoplasmas

This work examines the numerous thermodynamic inequalities and their applications to transport problems in gases and magnetoplasmas. The most famous inequality is that obtained by Boltzmann and the oldest, that due to Clausius. Like other variants, these relations are in fact expressions of the second law of thermodynamics. The author develops the theory of irreversible thermodynamics in the text, both for continuum and kinetic theory descriptions. To provide an overview of the principal ideas, an historical introduction is given at the start of the book.