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thermodynamics law
subject			fact

thermodynamics law	has domain thermodynamics
	is a kind of law
law	has discoverer
theory	has validity correct or incorrect with caveats
	has author or reasearch group
	has date or a range of dates for which the theory was active

Kinds of thermodynamics law :

• first law of thermodynamics (2 facts) - The law of conservation of energy
• gas law (2 kinds, 5 facts)
• second law of thermodynamics (3 facts) - A physical law formulated in the nineteenth century and stating that any isolated system becomes more disordered in time. (See entropy.), Law stating that total entropy always increases.
• third law of thermodynamics (3 facts) (Nernst theorem) - All substances have zero entropy at 0 K.
• virial theorem (2 facts) - For a bound gravitational system the long-term average of the kinetic energy is one-half of the potential energy.
• zeroth law of thermodynamics (3 facts) (law of thermal equilibrium) - The temperature of a body in equilibrium is the same at all points.