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Thermodynamics is a self-contained analysis of physical and chemical processes based on classical thermodynamic principles. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental principles with a combination of theory and practice, demonstrating their application to a variety of disciplines. This edition has been c...
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124167056 |
| Summary: |
Thermodynamics is a self-contained analysis of physical and chemical processes based on classical thermodynamic principles. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental principles with a combination of theory and practice, demonstrating their application to a variety of disciplines. This edition has been completely revised and updated to include new material and novel formulations, including new formulation and interpretation of The Second Law, discussions of heat vs. work, uniqueness of chemical potential, and construction of functions of state. This book will appeal to graduate students and professional chemists and physicists who wish to acquire a more sophisticated overview of thermodynamics and related subject matter. Clear explanations of abstract theoretical conceptsComplete revision and update, including novel formulations not described elsewhereExhaustive coverage of graphical, numerical, and analytical computational techniquesThe latest applications in science and engineering. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (445 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1306189268 9781306189262 9780124167056 0124167055 0124201105 9780124201101 |
| Index Number: | QC311 |
| CLC: | O414.1 |
| Contents: | Fundamentals -- Thermodynamic properties of ideal systems -- Characterization of nonideal solutions -- Thermodynamic properties of electrolytes -- Thermodynamic properties of materials in externally applied fields -- Irreversible thermodynamics -- Critical phenomena -- A final speculation about ultimate temperatures -- a fourth law of thermodynamics? -- Reprise to the second law : mathematical proof of the Caratheodory theorem and resulting interpretations -- Elements of statistical thermodynamics. |