Equilibrium Thermodynamics

• Main Author: Oliveira, Mr̀io J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Physical organic.; Thermodynamics.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Physical Chemistry.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36549-2

This textbook provides an exposition of equilibrium thermodynamics and its applications to several areas of physics with particular attention to phase transitions and critical phenomena. The applications include several areas of condensed matter physics and include also a chapter on thermochemistry....

Table of Contents:

• Joule Principle
• Carnot Principle
• Clausius-Gibbs Principle
• Thermodynamic Potentials
• Thermodynamic Identities
• Nernst-Planck Principle
• Phase Transition
• Criticality
• Mixtures
• Binary Mixtures
• Phase Diagrams
• Order-Disorder Transition
• Magnetic Systems
• Magnetic Ordering
• Dielectrics
• Solids
• Liquid Crystals
• Thermal Radiation
• Thermochemistry.