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Should [167] chemical mechanics therefore remain purely empirical? Should it be a simple collection of experimental laws? Should it relinquish any claim to general principles which link it to other parts of physics, as the various branches of a tree are connected together by the common trunk from which they grow? Not at all. There is a prime doctrine, which is the repository of the fundamental rules from which the various disciplines constituting physics must follow and, in particular, chemical mechanics. This doctrine, H. Sainte-Claire Deville pointed out, is Thermodynamics.
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Duhem, P. (2002). Chemical Mechanics Based on Thermodynamics. In: Mixture and Chemical Combination. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2292-6_14
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