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General and Statistical Thermodynamics

By Raza Tahir-Kheli (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
3642214800, 9783642214806
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-21481-3
ISSN
1868-4513
Google Books ID
FSsUubPRBaQC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4998998 bytes)
Series
Graduate Texts in Physics
Edition
1
Pages
677\699
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-14 18:00:00
Dynamical Systems and Complexity;Engineering ThermHeat and Mass Transfer;Mathematical Methods in PhyThermodynamics;Statistical Physics

Description

This textbook explains completely the general and statistical thermodynamics. It begins with an introductory statistical mechanics course, deriving all the important formulae meticulously and explicitly, without mathematical short cuts. The main part of the book deals with the careful discussion of the concepts and laws of thermodynamics, van der Waals, Kelvin and Claudius theories, ideal and real gases, thermodynamic potentials, phonons and all the related aspects. To elucidate the concepts introduced and to provide practical problem solving support, numerous carefully worked examples are of great value for students. The text is clearly written and punctuated with many interesting anecdotes. This book is written as main textbook for upper undergraduate students attending a course on thermodynamics.

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