Thermodynamics

Principles Characterizing Physical and Chemical Processes

Jurgen M. Honig, J. M. Honig

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1999
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9780080542829
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Chemistry

This book provides a concise overview of thermodynamics, and is written in a manner which makes the difficult subject matter understandable. Thermodynamics is systematic in its presentation and covers many subjects that are generally not dealt with in competing books such as: Carathéodory's approach to the Second Law, the general theory of phase transitions, the origin of phase diagrams, the treatment of matter subjected to a variety of external fields, and the subject of irreversible thermodynamics.The book provides a first-principles, postulational, self-contained description of physical and chemical processes. Designed both as a textbook and as a monograph, the book stresses the fundamental principles, the logical development of the subject matter, and the applications in a variety of disciplines. This revised edition is based on teaching experience in the classroom, and incorporates many exercises in varying degrees of sophistication. The stress laid on a didactic, logical presentation, and on the relation between theory and experiment should provide a reader with a more intuitive understanding of the basic principles.Graduate students and professional chemists in physical chemistry and inorganic chemistry, as well as graduate students and professionals in physics who wish to acquire a more sophisticated overview of thermodynamics and related subject matter will find this book extremely helpful. - Takes the reader through various steps to understanding - Review of fundamentals - Development of subject matter - Applications in a variety of disciplines

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• THERMODYNAMICS
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
• PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
• Chapter 1. Fundamentals
• Chapter 2. Equilibrium in Ideal Systems
• Chapter 3. Characterization of Nonideal Systems
• Chapter 4. Thermodynamic Properties of Electrolytes
• Chapter 5. Thermodynamic Properties of Systems in External Fields
• Chapter 6. Irreversible Thermodynamics
• Chapter 7. Final Speculation about Ultimate Temperatures~ The Fourth Law of Thermodynamics
• SUBJECT INDEX