Thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics
By: John Geldart Aston, James John Fritz
Contributors: Fritz, James John
Publisher: Wiley; Chapman & Hall
Published: 1959
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780471035312
Subjects: Thermodynamics
Description: Lack of understanding of the First law is often responsible for difficulty using the Second Law. If the concept of thermodynamic temperature s properly understood, the full meaning of the Second law is easy to grasp intuitively as that of the first, if not easier.
Table of contents: title: 1. The scope of thermodynamics, chemical thermodynamics, and statistical thermodynamics; title: 2. Physical units, accepted constants and empirical temperatures; title: 3. Historical background of the first and second laws of thermodynamics; title: 4. Equations of state; title: 5. The first law of thermodynamics and its formal applications; title: 6. Formal treatment of the second law of thermodynamics; title: 7. Equilibria between two or more phases of a pure substance; title: 8. Partial molal quantities; title: 9. Generalized thermodynamics (the method of J. Willard Gibbs, part I.); title: 10. Imperfect gasses. Fugacity and entropy diagrams; title: 11. Solutions. The activity of non-electrolytes; title: 12. Systematic calculation of heat content (enthalpy), free energy, and entropy changes in chemical reactions. The equilibrium constant. Use of tables. The third law of thermodynamics; title: 13. Solutions of electrolytes; title: 14. Electromotive force of cells; title: 15. Thermodynamics involving variables other than pressure, temperature, and composition; title: 16. Energy levels of particles, atoms, and molecules. Atomic and molecular spectra; title: 17. Introduction to statistical mechanics. The distribution laws.; title: 18. Thermodynamic functions for systems of localized elements and "dilute" gases; title: 19. Calculation of the thermodynamic properties of diatomic gases; title: 20. Calculations of the partition functions and thermodynamic properties of polyatomic gases; title: 21. calculation of the thermodynamic properties of crystals; title: 22. Calculations of the magnetic contribution to thermodynamic properties; title: 23. The general principles of statistical mechanics (Methods of J. Willard Gibbs, II); title: Appendices.