A quantity in thermodynamics, such as entropy or enthalpy, that has a unique value for each given state of a system.
Example sentencesExamples
- The second law defines a new state function known as the entropy.
- However, heat and work are not state functions and their values are affects by the pathway taken.
- Consequently entropy is a state function.
- A state function is a property of a system that does not depend on pathways, only on the initial and final states.