Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics : an integrated approach / Robert J. Hardy and Christian Binek, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

By: Hardy, Robert J [author.]
Contributor(s): Binek, Christian [co-author.]
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., Copyright date: c2014Description: xiv, 518 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118501016 (cloth); 9781118501009 (pbk.)Subject(s): Thermodynamics -- Textbooks | Statistical mechanics -- TextbooksAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Thermodynamics and statistical mechanicsDDC classification: 536/.7 LOC classification: QC311 | .H3273 2014
Contents:
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.
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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.

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