Comment by DramShopLaw on 03/11/2021 at 23:00 UTC

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Username: /u/DramShopLaw

General field: planetary sciences

Specific field: thermodynamics of magma and igneous rocks

Particular areas of research include computer modeling of crystallizing melts, for use in geothermometers and geobarometers and to study the origins of extraterrestrial igneous rocks.

Education: I now actually practice law, but I have a MS in planetary geosciences

Comments intro: I comment on many fields in addition to my specialty, and I address questions about the basics of thermodynamics all the time. Thermodynamics (and chemical kinetics) is the basis of the work I did.

Comments: on the tendency of systems to spontaneously minimize free energy [1], my multiple answers in this post about the origin of the earth’s salty oceans and plate tectonics [2], describing the relationship between different definitions of informational entropy[3], on the nature of ionic bonding (pretty important in minerals!)[4]

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskPhysics/comments/gpvd6a/is_this_thought_process_on_why_boats_float_or/frp96xn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

2: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjA8b6akP3zAhWLg-AKHb2xBhoQFnoECAMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Faskscience%2Fcomments%2Fedcfay%2Fwhere_did_all_the_salt_in_the_oceans_come_from%2F&usg=AOvVaw1syQX0XwsVPYXBKzq3dJxT

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/hong2f/whats_the_relationship_between_entropy_and/fxpxf35/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

4: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiw8bm1pf3zAhUoc98KHRnmAKkQFnoECAUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Faskscience%2Fcomments%2Fkod66l%2Fwhy_is_ionic_bond_stronger_than_covalent%2F&usg=AOvVaw13s86qwcGVG7uXgmJIxc4G

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Comment by RobusEtCeleritas at 11/12/2021 at 21:39 UTC

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