Classical and geometrical theory of chemical and phase thermodynamics
By: Frank Weinhold
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780470402368
Subjects: Phase rule and equilibrium; Thermodynamics; Mathematics; Phase (Thermodynamik); Gibbssche Phasenregel
Other titles: Chemical and phase thermodynamics
Notes: Errata slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part. I. Inductive foundations of classical thermodynamics. Mathematical preliminaries: functions and differentials ; Thermodynamic description of simple fluids ; General energy concept and the First Law ; Engine efficiency, entropy, and the Second Law; title: Pt. II. Gibbsian thermodynamics of chemical and phase equilibria ; Analytical criteria for thermodynamic equilibrium ; Thermodynamics of homogeneous chemical mixtures ; Thermodynamics of phase equilibria ; Thermodynamics of chemical reaction equilibria; title: Pt. III. Metric geometry of equilibrium thermodynamics. Introduction to vector geometry and metric spaces ; Metric geometry of thermodynamic responses ; Geometrical representation of equilibrium thermodynamics ; Geometrical evaluation of thermodynamic derivatives ; Further aspects of thermodynamic geometry.