Abstract From the view-point of non-equilibrium (or irreversible) statistical thermodynamics, the similarities and differences between the processes of (first-order) ferroelectric phase transition and those of ferroic hysteresis were compared. They are all irreversible. The former are local and rate-dependent, at the meanwhile, the latter are non-local and rate-independent.

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（一阶）铁电相变过程和铁磁滞回过程的合理分析

摘要 从非平衡（或不可逆）统计热力学的角度，比较了（一阶）铁电相变过程与铁电滞后过程的异同。它们都是不可逆的。前者是局部的且与速率相关的，而后者是非局部的且与速率无关的。