Twenty lectures on thermodynamics /
Twenty Lectures on Thermodynamics is a course of lectures, parts of which the author has given various times over the last few years. The book gives the readers a bird's eye view of phenomenological and statistical thermodynamics. The book covers many areas in thermodynamics such as states and...
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Pergamon Press (Australia),
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Publisher Address: | Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. : |
Publication Dates: | 1975. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080182995 |
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Twenty Lectures on Thermodynamics is a course of lectures, parts of which the author has given various times over the last few years. The book gives the readers a bird's eye view of phenomenological and statistical thermodynamics. The book covers many areas in thermodynamics such as states and transition; adiabatic isolation; irreversibility; the first, second, third and Zeroth laws of thermodynamics; entropy and entropy law; the idea of the application of thermodynamics; pseudo-states; the quantum-static al canonical and grand canonical ensembles; and semi-classical gaseous systems. The text. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vii, 106 pages) |
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9781483150444 1483150445 |
Index Number: | QC311 |
CLC: | O414.1 |
Contents: |
Front Cover; Twenty Lectureson Thermodynamics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; LECTURE 1. Preliminary Remarks; Problems; LECTURE 2. Thermodynamic Systems; Problems; LECTURE 3. States and Transitions. Adiabatic Isolation. Irreversibility; Problems; LECTURE 4. The Second Law, Entropy and The Entropy Principle; Problems; LECTURE 5. The First Law, Energy and Heat; Problems; LECTURE 6. The Zeroth Law; Problems; LECTURE 7. Entropy Revisited: Metrical Entropyand Absolute Temperature; Problems; LECTURE 8. Constitutive Coordinates. Characteristic Functions; Problems. LECTURE 9. The Sign of T. The Third LawProblems; LECTURE 10. Pseudo-states. Equilibrium Conditions. The Phase Rule; Problems; LECTURE 11. The Idea of 'Applications of Thermodynamics'; Problems; LECTURE 12. Pseudo-states Revisited: PhenomenologicalTheory of Fluctuations. Ensembles; Problems; LECTURE 13. Microscopic Structure and Statistical Thermodynamics; Problems; LECTURE 14. The Canonical Ensemble; Problems; LECTURE 15. The Grand Canonical Ensemble. The Constant a. The Constant-Pressure Ensemble; Problems; LECTURE 16. The Entropy Principle. Implications of the Third Law; Problems. LECTURE 17. The Quantum-Statistical Canonicaland Grand Canonical EnsemblesProblems; LECTURE 18. Semi-Classical Gaseous Systems; Problems; LECTURE 19. Ideal Fermion and Boson Gases; Problems; LECTURE 20. Historical Remarks. Negative Absolute Temperatures; Problems; NOTES; SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS; LIST OF PRINCIPAL SYMBOLS; INDEX. |