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An extension of the hypothetical experiment of Szilard, which involved the action of a one-molecule gas in an isolated isothermal system, is developed to illustrate how irreversibility may arise out of Brownian motion. As this development requires a consideration of nonmolecular components such as wheels and pistons, the thought-experiment is remodeled in molecular terms and appears to function as a perpetuum mobile.
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Gordon, L.G.M. Brownian movement and microscopic irreversibility. Found Phys 11, 103–113 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00715198
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