Clausius
Clausius is the family name of the following people:
- Gottfried Clausius (1755–1822), German merchant and member of parliament
- Hermann Clausius (1854–1925), Prussian infantry general
- Johann Bernhard Clausius (1766–1845), German doctor and member of parliament
- Karl August Hugo Clausius (1808–1873), Prussian major general
- Max Clausius (1871–1941), German colonel, knight of the Pour le Mérite, SS brigade leader
- Rudolf Clausius (1822–1888), German physicist
The following were named after Rudolf Clausius :
- the outdated unit of entropy, see Clausius (unit)
- an equation in thermodynamics, see Clausius-Clapeyron equation
- the form of the second law of thermodynamics used in continuum mechanics, see Clausius-Duhem inequality
- an equation in solid state physics, see Clausius-Mossotti equation
- a thermodynamic cycle, see Rankine cycle
- an equation of state for real gases, see Clausius equation
- a crater on the moon, see Clausius (moon crater)
- the asteroid (29246) Clausius
