John M Seddon, J D Gale

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text aims to help students understand energy, its different forms and transformations, and the key role of entropy, as applied to chemical systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RSC Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 188mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780854046324
• ISBN-10: 0854046321
• Artikelnr.: 25694196

Autorenporträt

Professor Abel is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The First Law
Heat Capacity, Enthalpy and Thermochemistry
The Second and Third Laws: Entropy
Free Energy
Phase Transitions
Chemical Equilibrium
The Statistical Definition of Entropy
Connecting Microscopic and Macroscopic Properties
The Partition Function
An Ideal Gas of Atoms
An Ideal Gas of Diatomic Molecules
Statistical Mechanics and Equilibrium
Glossary
Answers to Problems
Subject Index.