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What is temperature in the field of classical thermodynamics?

Physics Asked by gerima on April 16, 2021

What is temperature in the field of classical thermodynamics? In many (or all?) encyclopaedias, physics or thermodynamics books, the internet…the temperature T is described as a measure for the mean kinetic translational energy (= centre of gravity energy) E of an ideal gas. This does not say anything about the nature of temperature. The length of a piece of wire can also be a measure of temperature. It is given in some literature as T = 2/3*E in a coherent system of units for an ideal gas.
In my opinion, the temperature must not be a measure for the mean kinetic translational energy E, but it must be identical with it. Moreover, this energy or temperature must be related to a particle (or a quantity of particles), in contrast to mechanics, where energy is related to a mass.
As an illustrative example, we can mention air: here we have one-, two-, three-, … -atomic particles in the gas mixture, all of which have one property in common, namely the mean kinetic translational energy, and this energy must be the temperature.

My question: Can anyone tell me if this simple physical explanation or definition already exists somewhere or if there is a historical explanation (I have not found a hint in Boltzmann, Clausius or elsewhere.)?

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