| Description |
xv, 543 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Fundamental concepts : 1. Temperature -- 2. Simple thermodynamic systems -- 3. Work -- 4. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- 5. Ideal gases -- 6. Engines, refrigerators and the second law of thermodynamics -- 7. Reversibility and the Kelvin temperature scale -- 8. Entropy -- 9. Pure substances -- 10. Phase transitions: melting, vaporization, and sublimation. Pt. 2. Applications of fundamental concepts : 11. Statistical mechanics -- 12. Thermal properties of solids -- 13. Higher-order phase transitions; critical phenomena -- 14. Chemical equilibrium -- 15. Ideal-gas reactions -- 16. Heterogeneous systems -- 17. Special topics -- 18. Ionic paramagnetism and cryogenics -- 19. Nuclear magnetism, negative temperatures, and the third law of thermodynamics. App. A. Physical constants -- App. B. Lagrange's method of multipliers -- App. D. Riemann Zeta functions |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 531-532 |
| Subject |
Heat.
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Thermodynamics.
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| Author |
Dittman, Richard.
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| LC no. |
80018253 |
| ISBN |
0070728089 |
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