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UNINA9910781987403321 |
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Patiño Douce Alberto |
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Titolo |
Thermodynamics of the Earth and planets / / Alberto Patiño Douce [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
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1-107-21948-5 |
1-283-29564-4 |
1-139-12221-5 |
9786613295644 |
1-139-11647-9 |
1-139-11211-2 |
0-511-97485-X |
1-139-12713-6 |
1-139-11430-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 709 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Laws of thermodynamics |
Planetary theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Energy in planetary processes and the First Law of Thermodynamics -- 2. Energy sources in planetary bodies -- 3. Energy transfer processes in planetary bodies -- 4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and thermodynamic potentials -- 5. Chemical equilibrium: using composition as a thermodynamic variable -- 6. Phase equilibrium and phase diagrams -- 7. Critical phase transitions -- 8. Equations of state for solids and the internal structure of terrestrial planets -- 9. Thermodynamics of planetary volatiles -- 10. Melting in planetary bodies -- 11. Dilute solutions -- 12. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and rates of natural processes -- 13. Topics in atmospheric thermodynamics and radiative energy transfer -- 14. Thermodynamics of life. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This textbook provides an intuitive yet mathematically rigorous |
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