Thermodynamics in Mineral Sciences An Introduction /

• Main Author: Cemič, Ladislav (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Geology.; Mineralogy.; Thermodynamics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Earth Sciences.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

Thermodynamics is an important tool to interpreting the conditions at which natural geomaterial equilibrate. It allows one to determine, for example, the equilibrium pressures and temperatures and the nature and chemical composition of phases - volved mineralogical and petrological processes. Simple...

Table of Contents:

• Definition of thermodynamic terms
• Volume as a state function
• The first law of thermodynamics
• Second law of thermodynamics
• Gibbs free energy and Helmholtz free energy
• Thermal equilibrium
• Chemical reactions
• Geothermometry and geobarometry.