ASPECTS OF THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS IN THE PRESENCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS

Abstract
This paper is concerned with a re-examination of aspects of the Second Law of thermodynamics and its consequences in the presence of electromagnetic effects. After recalling the relevant conservation laws, constitutive equations are stated for a magnetic, polarized thermoelastic continuum. Thermodynamical restrictions for general continua are obtained by interpreting mathematically various physical statements of the Second Law.