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'''Maxwell's demon''' is an imaginary being invoked in a thought experiment that illustrates the [[second law of thermodynamics]]. In the thought experiment there is a gas-filled container with two chambers and a small trap door in the partition between them. The 'demon' opens and closes the door to collect faster moving gas [[molecule]]s in one chamber and slower ones in the other chamber, hoping to create a difference in [[temperature]] between the two chambers.

 

'''Maxwell's demon''' is a hypothetical being invoked in a [[thought experiment]] that illustrates the [[second law of thermodynamics]]. In the thought experiment there is a gas-filled container with two chambers and a small trap door in the partition between them. The 'demon' opens and closes the door to collect faster moving gas [[molecule]]s in one chamber and slower ones in the other chamber, creating a difference in [[temperature]] between the two chambers. It is named after [[James Clerk Maxwell]] who developed the thought experiment.