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Modern Thermodynamics with Statistical Mechanics [electronic resource] /by Carl S. Helrich.

by Helrich, Carl S [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.Description: XIII, 402 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783540854180.Subject(s): Physics | Chemistry, Physical organic | Statistical physics | Thermodynamics | Biomedical engineering | Physics | Thermodynamics | Statistical Physics | Biophysics/Biomedical Physics | Mechanics, Fluids, Thermodynamics | Physical ChemistryDDC classification: 536.7 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Beginnings -- Formulation -- Mathematical Background -- Thermodynamic Potentials -- Structure of the Potentials -- Laboratory Measurements -- The Third Law -- Models of Matter -- Statistical Mechanics -- Quantum Statistical Mechanics -- Irreversibility -- Stability -- Equilibrium of Chemical Reactions -- Chemical Kinetics -- Solutions -- Heterogeneous Equilibrium.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: With the aim of presenting thermodynamics in as simple and as unified a form as possible, this textbook starts with an introduction to the first and second laws and then promptly addresses the complete set of the potentials in a subsequent chapter and as a central theme throughout. Before discussing modern laboratory measurements, the book shows that the fundamental quantities sought in the laboratory are those which are required for determining the potentials. Since the subjects of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics are a seamless whole, statistical mechanics is treated as integral part of the text. Other key topics such as irreversibility, the ideas of Ilya Prigogine, chemical reaction rates, equilibrium of heterogeneous systems, and transition-state theory serve to round out this modern treatment. An additional chapter covers quantum statistical mechanics due to active current research in Bose-Einstein condensation. End-of-chapter exercises, chapter summaries, and an appendix reviewing fundamental prerequisites supply students with helpful reinforcement and practice with key concepts.
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Beginnings -- Formulation -- Mathematical Background -- Thermodynamic Potentials -- Structure of the Potentials -- Laboratory Measurements -- The Third Law -- Models of Matter -- Statistical Mechanics -- Quantum Statistical Mechanics -- Irreversibility -- Stability -- Equilibrium of Chemical Reactions -- Chemical Kinetics -- Solutions -- Heterogeneous Equilibrium.

With the aim of presenting thermodynamics in as simple and as unified a form as possible, this textbook starts with an introduction to the first and second laws and then promptly addresses the complete set of the potentials in a subsequent chapter and as a central theme throughout. Before discussing modern laboratory measurements, the book shows that the fundamental quantities sought in the laboratory are those which are required for determining the potentials. Since the subjects of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics are a seamless whole, statistical mechanics is treated as integral part of the text. Other key topics such as irreversibility, the ideas of Ilya Prigogine, chemical reaction rates, equilibrium of heterogeneous systems, and transition-state theory serve to round out this modern treatment. An additional chapter covers quantum statistical mechanics due to active current research in Bose-Einstein condensation. End-of-chapter exercises, chapter summaries, and an appendix reviewing fundamental prerequisites supply students with helpful reinforcement and practice with key concepts.

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