Glossary · term
Carnot limit
Thermodynamics
- Definition
- The greatest efficiency any heat engine can have between two temperatures: 1 − T_cold/T_hot, in kelvin. Set in 1824, never beaten.
- Aliases
- Carnot efficiency, Carnot
- Domain
- Thermodynamics
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