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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Vendor-supplied metadata. |
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Preface; Part I: Thermodynamics; 1. Introduction; 2. First Law of Thermodynamics; 3. Second Law of Thermodynamics; 4. Third Law of Thermodynamics; 5. Open Systems; 6. Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Potentials; 7. Requirements for Stability; 8. Monocomponent Phase Equilibrium; 9. Two-Phase Equilibrium for a van der Waals Fluid; 10. Binary Solutions; 11. External Forces and Rotating Coordinate Systems; 12. Chemical Reactions; 13. Thermodynamics of Fluid-Fluid Interfaces; 14. Thermodynamics of Solid-Fluid Interfaces; Part II: Statistical Mechanics; 15. Entropy and Information Theory; 16. Microcanonical Ensemble; 17. Classical Microcanonical Ensemble; 18. Distinguishable Particles with Negligible Interaction Energies; 19. Canonical Ensemble; 20. Classical Canonical Ensemble; 21. Grand Canonical Ensemble; 22. Entropy for Any Ensemble; 23. Unified Treatment of Ideal Fermi, Bose and Classical Gases; 24. Bose Condensation; 25. Degenerate Fermi Gas; 26. Quantum Statistics; 27. Ising Model; Part III: Appendices; A. Stirling's Approximation; B. Use of Jacobians to Convert Partial Derivatives; C. Differential Geometry of Surfaces; D. Equilibrium of Two-State Systems; E. Aspects of Canonical Transformations; F. Rotation of Rigid Bodies; G. Thermodynamic Perturbation Theory; H. Selected Mathematical Relations; I. Creation and Annihilation Operators. |
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Thermodynamics.
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Thermodynamique.
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thermodynamics.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Thermodynamics.
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Thermodynamics
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sekerka, Robert F. Thermal physics : thermodynamics and statistical mechanics for scientists and engineers. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, ©2015 xx, 588 pages 9780128033043 |
| ISBN |
9780128033371 (electronic bk.) |
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0128033371 (electronic bk.) |
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9780128033043 |
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0128033045 |
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(WaSeSS)ssj0001588506 |
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AU@ 000055596083 |
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AU@ 000056462653 |
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AU@ 000061041134 |
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AU@ 000062105825 |
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CHBIS 010796071 |
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CHVBK 403943612 |
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DEBSZ 451529472 |
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DEBSZ 482376546 |
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GBVCP 856732605 |
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UKMGB 017420192 |
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UKMGB 017993067 |
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