Identifying student difficulties with entropy, heat engines, and the Carnot cycle
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Trevor I. Smith, Warren M. Christensen, Donald B. Mountcastle, and John R. Thompson Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of STEAM Education, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, USA Maine Center for Research in STEM Education, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, USA (Received 28 September 2014; published 23 September 2015)
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