Hardy, Robert J.,
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics : an integrated approach / Robert J. Hardy and Christian Binek, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. - xiv, 518 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
First law of thermodynamics -- Properties and partial derivatives -- Processes in gases -- Phase transitions -- Reversible and irreversible processes -- The second law and carnot cycles -- Temperature scales and absolute zero -- State space and differentials -- Entropy -- Consequences of existence of entropy -- Thermodynamic potentials -- Phase transitions and open systems -- Dielectric and magnetic systems -- Molecular models -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Microscopic significance of entropy -- Ensembles -- Partition function -- Quantum systems -- Independent particles and paramagnetism -- Fluctuations and energy distributions -- Generalizations and diatomic gasesi -- Photons and phonons -- Grand canonical ensemble -- Fermions and bosons -- Fermi and bose gases -- Inter-particle interactions -- Computer simulations.
9781118501016 (cloth) 9781118501009 (pbk.)
2013039738
Thermodynamics--Textbooks.
Statistical mechanics--Textbooks.
QC311 / .H3273 2014
536/.7
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics : an integrated approach / Robert J. Hardy and Christian Binek, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. - xiv, 518 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
First law of thermodynamics -- Properties and partial derivatives -- Processes in gases -- Phase transitions -- Reversible and irreversible processes -- The second law and carnot cycles -- Temperature scales and absolute zero -- State space and differentials -- Entropy -- Consequences of existence of entropy -- Thermodynamic potentials -- Phase transitions and open systems -- Dielectric and magnetic systems -- Molecular models -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Microscopic significance of entropy -- Ensembles -- Partition function -- Quantum systems -- Independent particles and paramagnetism -- Fluctuations and energy distributions -- Generalizations and diatomic gasesi -- Photons and phonons -- Grand canonical ensemble -- Fermions and bosons -- Fermi and bose gases -- Inter-particle interactions -- Computer simulations.
9781118501016 (cloth) 9781118501009 (pbk.)
2013039738
Thermodynamics--Textbooks.
Statistical mechanics--Textbooks.
QC311 / .H3273 2014
536/.7