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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rushcutters Bay, N.S.W. :
Pergamon Press (Australia),
1975.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.