Jean-Philippe Ansermet

Principles of Thermodynamics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this introductory textbook, thermodynamics is presented as a natural extension of mechanics, so that the laws and concepts learned in mechanics serve to get acquainted with the theory. The foundations of thermodynamics are presented in the first part. The second part covers a wide range of applications, which are of central importance in the fields of physics, chemistry and engineering, including calorimetry, phase transitions, heat engines and chemical reactions. In the third part, devoted to continuous media, Fourier and Fick's laws, diffusion equations and many transport effects are derived using a unified approach. Each chapter concludes with a selection of worked examples and several exercises, to reinforce key concepts under discussion. A full solutions manual is available at the end of the book. It contains more than 150 problems based on contemporary issues faced by scientists and engineers that are solved in detail for undergraduate and graduate students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108623605
• Artikelnr.: 55100845

Autorenporträt

Jean-Philippe Ansermet is a Professor of Physics at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Fellow of the American Physical Society and past President of the Swiss Physical Society. He coordinated the teaching of physics at EPFL for twelve years. His course on mechanics, taught for twenty-five years, was based on his texbook and a MOOC that has generated over a half million views. For more than fifteen years, he has taught thermodynamics to engineering and physics students. An expert in spintronics, he applies thermodynamics to analyse his pioneering experiments on giant magneto-resistance or heat-driven spin torques, and to predict novel effects.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Foundations: 1. Thermodynamic system and first law; 2. Entropy and second law; 3. Thermodynamics of subsystems; 4. Thermodynamic potentials; Part II. Phenomenology: 5. Calorimetry; 6. Phase transitions; 7. Heat engines; 8. Chemistry and electrochemistry; Part III. Continuous Media: 9. Matter and electromagnetic fields; 10. Thermodynamics of continuous media; 11. Thermodynamics of irreversible processes; Part IV. Exercises and Solutions: 12. Thermodynamic system and first law; 13. Entropy and second law; 14. Thermodynamics of subsystems; 15. Thermodynamic potentials; 16. Calorimetry; 17. Phase transitions; 18. Heat engines; 19. Chemistry and electrochemistry; 20. Matter and electromagnetic fields; 21. Thermodynamics of continuous media; 22. Thermodynamics of irreversible processes; References; Index.