Equilibrium Thermodynamics

• Main Author: Oliveira, Mário J. de (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Thermodynamics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Physical Chemistry.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

This textbook provides an exposition of equilibrium thermodynamics and its applications to several areas of physics with particular attention to phase transitions and critical phenomena. The applications include several areas of condensed matter physics and include also a chapter on thermochemistry....