Modern Thermodynamics with Statistical Mechanics

• Main Author: Helrich, Carl S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Physical organic.; Statistical physics.; Thermodynamics.; Biomedical engineering.; Statistical Physics.; Biophysics/Biomedical Physics.; Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics.; Physical Chemistry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85418-0

With the aim of presenting thermodynamics in as simple and as unified a form as possible, this textbook starts with an introduction to the first and second laws and then promptly addresses the complete set of the potentials in a subsequent chapter and as a central theme throughout. Before discussing...

Table of Contents:

• Beginnings
• Formulation
• Mathematical Background
• Thermodynamic Potentials
• Structure of the Potentials
• Laboratory Measurements
• The Third Law
• Models of Matter
• Statistical Mechanics
• Quantum Statistical Mechanics
• Irreversibility
• Stability
• Equilibrium of Chemical Reactions
• Chemical Kinetics
• Solutions
• Heterogeneous Equilibrium
• Appendix.