Poisson contributed to which area of thermodynamics?
Heat transfer
Entropy
Elasticity
Phase change
Answer
Elasticity is the area of thermodynamics to which Poisson contributed. Elasticity studies the behavior of materials under stress and strain, and Poisson's ratio is a measure of the material's tendency to deform in one direction when subjected to stress in another direction.
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