Failure is Not an Option

In many situations, failure is not an option. It can take immense planning to prevent failure. Thermodynamic degradation science offers new tools and measurement methods that can help.

Second Law of Thermodynamics in Terms of Aging

The spontaneous irreversible degradation processes that take place in a system interacting with its environment will do so in order to go towards thermodynamic equilibrium with its environment.

Entropy Damage

The entropy generated associated with system degradation is “entropy damage.”

The Four Main Aging Categories

• Forced processes;
• Activation;
• Diffusion; and
• Combinations of these, yielding complex aging.