Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-490) and index
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Introduction -- First and second laws -- Thermodynamic potentials and derivative properties -- Third law and thermochemistry -- Critical phenomenon and equations of states -- Phase transitions, melting and reactions of stoichiometric phases -- Thermal pressure, Earth's interior and adiabatic processes -- Thermodynamics of solutions -- Thermodynamic solution and mixing models : non-electrolytes -- Equilibria involving solutions and gaseous mixtures -- Element fractionation in geological systems -- Electrolyte solutions and electrochemistry -- Surface effects -- Appendix A: Rate of entropy production and kinetic implications -- Appendix B: Review of some mathematical relations -- Appendix C: Estimation of thermodynamic properties of solids