We're going to find other properties that do care about the history of the system like work, that you put in the system, or heat that you put in the system, or some other variables But you can't use those to define the equilibrium state.

我们还会发现其他一些,与系统的历史有关的性质,比如你对系统做的功，或者你向系统传递的热量，或其他的变量,但你不能用它们,来定义平衡态。

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But if the system is in equilibrium, none of those states has lower enthalpy.

但是如果系统处于平衡态，所有其他的态都不可能具有更低的自由焓。

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With a fractional reserve system you're in an unstable equilibrium.

伴随着部分准备金银行制度,英国的银行业处于一个不平稳的均衡中。

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You need to know if it's an equilibrium, and you also need to know how many components you have in your system So, a glass of ice water with an ice cube in it, which is a heterogeneous system, has only one component, which is water, H2O.

要知道它是不是平衡的，你还需要知道,你的系统中有多少组分,一杯放了冰块的水，虽然它是个非均匀系统，但它只有一种组分，那就是水。

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