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I'm not getting it. Does someone have some diagrams? This line is confusing me: "If the electric field is now removed, order is reduced and the material cools
by willis936 3y ago
I'm not getting it. Does someone have some diagrams?
This line is confusing me: "If the electric field is now removed, order is reduced and the material cools, also in accordance with the laws of thermodynamics." How is decreased local order an decrease in local heat? I think heat engine-like diagrams would help me here.
- mofeien 3y agoI'm also a layperson, but to my understanding when order within the electrocaloric material is allowed to reduce it means that the material can now absorb unorder from the environment, i. e. heat. Things that absorb heat are called "cooling".