We reach a thermodynamic interpretation of the CODET model and its
accurate electron density and temperature prediction, grounded on the physics
of hydro magnetism in global equilibrium. The thermodynamic interpretation
finds consistency with the model of a magneto-matter medium possessing a 3-D
Langmuir structure. That medium is diamagnetic in the context of ideal
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD). It is shown that this magneto-matter has unusual
characteristics consistent with assuming that the low quiescent solar corona
possesses a nature-state, non yet studied. It is further noticed that this is wholly consistent
with the CODET model prediction of a polytropic anomalous index for the
electron gas of the Sun’s corona. Constitutive properties are derived from this novel state of nature, like magnetic
permeability properties and non-dispersive acoustic speed. This
non-dispersive acoustic speed is also expected to predict the observed
equilibration time for the 1.1 to 1.3R⊙quiescent corona during
the solar minimum from 2008 to 2009.
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