Energy and entropy equilibrium to stationary states
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New York
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Springer
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c2010
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xiii, 314 p. , ill. , 25 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The first law of thermodynamics -- First law formalism -- First law of thermodynamics : applications -- Entropy and the second law : thermodynamics viewpoint -- The nature of entropy -- Free energy -- Thermodynamic equations of state -- Chemical potentials in solution -- Phase equilibria and colligative properties -- The foundations of statistical thermodynamics -- Applied Boltzmann statistics -- Multi-state systems -- Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions -- Interactions -- Statistical thermodynamics in chemical kinetics -- Irreversible thermodynamics and transport -- Stationary state thermodynamics.