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Understanding Energy: Energy, Entropy And Thermodynamics For Everyman
Energy, Entropy and Thermodynamics for Everyman
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eBook - PDF
Understanding Energy: Energy, Entropy And Thermodynamics For Everyman
Energy, Entropy and Thermodynamics for Everyman
About this book
This book begins with primary concepts of atomic and molecular structure and of how atoms, molecules and bulk matter store and exchange energy. In the next stage, the macroscopic properties of energy and entropy, and of the constitutive properties of heat capacities are examined. From these, the concept of thermodynamic efficiency is developed. Then the notions of thermodynamic potentials and availability are introduced. With this set of concepts, the analysis of efficient energy use is presented.
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
- NATURAL CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
- FOREWORD
- 1. THE BASICS, I: FORCE AND WORK
- 2. THE BASICS, II: KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY
- 3. INTERCHANGE OF KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY
- 4. WORK AND ENERGY RELATIONS FOR IDEAL GASES
- 5. THE EQUATION OF STATE AND THE REPRESENTATION OF STATE CHANGES AND WORK
- 6. HEAT CAPACITIES OF GASES
- 7. HEAT CAPACITIES OF SOLIDS: THE NATURE OF HEAT
- 8. OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY
- 9. DILEMMAS OF ENERGY AND THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF MATTER
- 10. WAVE PROPERTIES OF MATTER
- 11. WAVES, ENERGY LEVELS AND DENSITIES OF STATES
- 12. MOLECULES AND CHEMICAL BONDS: ENERGY STORAGE IN MOLECULES
- 13. ENERGY AND THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
- 14. ENERGY RELATIONS IN CHEMICAL PROCESSES: COMBUSTION
- 15. DISTRIBUTIONS
- 16. MICROSTATES, MACROSTATES AND ZERMELO'S PARADOX
- 17. A MICROSCOPIC VIEW OF ENTROPY AND THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
- 18. THE THERMAL DEFINITION OF ENTROPY AND MACROSCOPIC STATEMENT OF THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
- 19. THE CARNOT ENGINE AND EFFICIENCY
- 20. FREE ENERGIES AND CRITERIA OF MERIT
- 21. AVAILABILITY AND CRITERIA OF MERIT
- INDEX