Thermodynamics

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"This book provides an accessible yet thorough introduction to thermodynamics, crafted and class-tested over many years of teaching. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this book delivers clear descriptions of how to think about the mathematics and physics involved. The content has been carefully developed in consultation with a large number of instructors, teaching courses worldwide, to ensure wide applicability to modules on thermodynamics. Modern applications of thermodynamics (in physics and related areas) are included throughout--something not offered to the same degree by existing texts in the field."--Provided by publisher. Read more... Abstract: "This book provides an accessible yet thorough introduction to thermodynamics, crafted and class-tested over many years of teaching. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this book delivers clear descriptions of how to think about the mathematics and physics involved. The content has been carefully developed in consultation with a large number of instructors, teaching courses worldwide, to ensure wide applicability to modules on thermodynamics. Modern applications of thermodynamics (in physics and related areas) are included throughout--something not offered to the same degree by existing texts in the field."--Provided by publisher Content: Cover Half title Title Copyright Contents Preface Section I Thermodynamics Basics(for Advanced Students) CHAPTER 1 Concepts of thermodynamics: Equilibrium, energy, and irreversibility 1.1 THE MANY AND THE FEW 1.2 EQUILIBRIUM AND TIMELESSNESS 1.3 EXACT DIFFERENTIALS* 1.4 INTERNAL ENERGY: WORK, HEAT, AND BOUNDARIES 1.5 EMPIRICAL TEMPERATURE 1.6 EQUATION OF STATE FOR GASES 1.7 IRREVERSIBILITY: TIME REARS ITS HEAD 1.8 CONSTRAINTS AND STATE VARIABLES 1.9 THE MANY FACES OF WORK 1.10 CYCLIC RELATION* 1.11 RESPONSE FUNCTIONS CHAPTER 2 Second law of thermodynamics: Direction of heat flow2.1 THERMODYNAMICS OF CYCLES: SYSTEM AS A BLACK BOX 2.2 CLAUSIUS AND KELVIN STATEMENTS OF THE SECOND LAW 2.3 CARNOT THEOREM: UNIQUENESS OF ADIABATS 2.4 ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE CHAPTER 3 Entropy 3.1 CLAUSIUS INEQUALITY 3.2 THE BIRTH OF ENTROPY 3.3 ENTROPY, IRREVERSIBILITY, AND DISORGANIZATION 3.4 OPENING THE BLACK BOX: GIBBSIAN THERMODYNAMICS 3.5 CHEMICAL POTENTIAL AND OPEN SYSTEMS 3.6 HOMOGENEOUS FUNCTIONS* 3.7 EXTENSIVITY OF ENTROPY 3.8 GIBBS-DUHEM EQUATION 3.9 QUADRATIC FORMS* 3.10 STABILITY OF THE EQUILIBRIUM STATE: FLUCTUATIONS3.11 DIRECTION OF FLOW IN THERMODYNAMIC PROCESSES 3.12 JACOBIAN DETERMINANTS* CHAPTER 4 Thermodynamic potentials: The four ways to say energy 4.1 CRITERIA FOR EQUILIBRIUM 4.2 LEGENDRE TRANSFORMATION* 4.3 THE FOUR THERMODYNAMIC POTENTIALS 4.4 PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE POTENTIALS 4.5 MAXWELL RELATIONS 4.6 GIBBS ENERGY, CHEMICAL POTENTIAL, AND OTHER WORK 4.7 FREE ENERGY AND DISSIPATED ENERGY 4.8 HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE? 4.9 FREE EXPANSION AND THROTTLING CHAPTER 5 Thermodynamics of radiation 5.1 KIRCHHOFF LAW OF THERMAL RADIATION5.2 THERMODYNAMICS OF BLACK-BODY RADIATION 5.3 WIEN'S DISPLACEMENT LAW 5.4 COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND CHAPTER 6 Phase and chemical equilibrium 6.1 LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS* 6.2 PHASE COEXISTENCE 6.3 THERMODYNAMICS OF MIXTURES: IDEAL SOLUTIONS 6.4 LAW OF MASS ACTION 6.5 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS 6.6 GIBBS-HELMHOLTZ EQUATIONS CHAPTER 7 Statistical entropy: From micro to macro 7.1 ENTROPY AND PROBABILITY 7.2 COMBINATORICS: LEARNING TO COUNT* 7.3 COARSE-GRAINED DESCRIPTIONS OF A CLASSICAL GAS 7.4 SACKUR-TETRODE EQUATION 7.5 VOLUME OF A HYPERSPHERE*7.6 LEARNING TO COUNT WITH PHYSICS 7.7 GIBBS'S PARADOX, NOT 7.8 SUBTLETIES OF ENTROPY CHAPTER 8 The third law: You can't get to T = 0 8.1 ADIABATIC DEMAGNETIZATION 8.2 NERNST HEAT THEOREM 8.3 OTHER VERSIONS OF THE THIRD LAW 8.4 CONSEQUENCES OF THE THIRD LAW 8.5 UNATTAINABILITY OF ABSOLUTE ZERO TEMPERATURE 8.6 RESIDUAL ENTROPY OF ICE CHAPTER 9 To this point Section II Additional Topics in Thermodynamics CHAPTER 10 Carathéodory formulation of the second law 10.1 INTEGRABILITY CONDITIONS AND THERMODYNAMICS 10.2 ĆARATHEODORY THEOREM