Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics :an integrated approach
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Chichester
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 518 pages illustrations, 25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Robert J. Hardy and Christian Binek, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
CONTENTS NOTE
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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