Modern Thermodynamics with Statistical Mechanics

• Main Author: Helrich, Carl S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Energy.; Physical chemistry.; Continuum physics.; Thermodynamics.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Energy, general.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Physical Chemistry.

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.