Thermodynamics For Physicists, Chemists and Materials Scientists /

• Main Author: Hentschke, Reinhard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Thermodynamics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Physical Chemistry.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

Thermodynamics is the foundation of many-body physics and thus of physical chemistry and material science as well. Today new sources of useful energy, energy storage, transport and conversion, requiring development of novel technology, are of rapidly increasing importance. This development strongly...

Table of Contents:

• Two Fundamental Laws of Nature
• Thermodynamic Functions
• Equilibrium and Stability
• Simple Phase Diagrams
• Microscopic Interactions
• Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulation
• Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics.