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An objection to using entropy as a primitive concept in continuum thermodynamics

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Day, W.A. An objection to using entropy as a primitive concept in continuum thermodynamics. Acta Mechanica 27, 251–255 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01180089

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