Thermal physics : thermodynamics and statistical mechanics for scientists and engineers /

Sekerka, R. F.

Thermal physics : thermodynamics and statistical mechanics for scientists and engineers / Robert F. Sekerka. - xx, 588 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; Part I: Thermodynamics; 1. Introduction; 2. First Law of Thermodynamics; 3. Second Law of Thermodynamics; 4. Third Law of Thermodynamics; 5. Open Systems; 6. Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Potentials; 7. Requirements for Stability; 8. Monocomponent Phase Equilibrium; 9. Two-Phase Equilibrium for a van der Waals Fluid; 10. Binary Solutions; 11. External Forces and Rotating Coordinate Systems; 12. Chemical Reactions; 13. Thermodynamics of Fluid-Fluid Interfaces; 14. Thermodynamics of Solid-Fluid Interfaces; Part II: Statistical Mechanics; 15. Entropy and Information Theory; 16. Microcanonical Ensemble; 17. Classical Microcanonical Ensemble; 18. Distinguishable Particles with Negligible Interaction Energies; 19. Canonical Ensemble; 20. Classical Canonical Ensemble; 21. Grand Canonical Ensemble; 22. Entropy for Any Ensemble; 23. Unified Treatment of Ideal Fermi, Bose and Classical Gases; 24. Bose Condensation; 25. Degenerate Fermi Gas; 26. Quantum Statistics; 27. Ising Model; Part III: Appendices; A. Stirling's Approximation; B. Use of Jacobians to Convert Partial Derivatives; C. Differential Geometry of Surfaces; D. Equilibrium of Two-State Systems; E. Aspects of Canonical Transformations; F. Rotation of Rigid Bodies; G. Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory; H. Selected Mathematical Relations; I. Creation and Annihilation Operators.

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Thermodynamics.

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