A conceptual guide to thermodynamics / / Bill Poirier

• Autore: Poirier Bill
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 536/.7
• Soggetto topico: Thermodynamics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: A Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Textbook Guide; 0.1 List of Thermodynamics Textbooks by Discipline; Thermodynamics Textbooks; 0.2 Terminology and Notation Used in This Book; Terminology and Notation; 0.3 Terminology and Notation Used in Textbooks; Terminology and Notation Key; 1 About This Book; 1.1 Who Should Use This Book?; 1.2 Philosophy of This Book; 1.3 Four Core Concepts of Thermodynamics; 1.4 How to Use This Book; Part I Equilibrium; 2 Philosophy of Thermodynamics; 2.1 Thermodynamics; 2.2 Scientific Models & Laws; 2.3 Statistical Mechanics ; 3 Thermodynamic States, Variables & Quantities3.1 Thermodynamic Variables & Quantities; 3.2 More on Thermodynamic Quantities; 3.3 Thermodynamic & Molecular States; 4 Zeroth Law & Thermodynamic Equilibrium; 4.1 Equation of State; 4.2 Thermodynamic Equilibrium; 4.3 Zeroth Law; 4.4 Ideal Gases & Non-ideal Systems; Part II Energy; 5 Molecular Energy, Internal Energy, & Temperature; 5.1 Energy at the Molecular Scale; 5.2 Internal Energy; 5.3 Intermolecular Interactions & the Kinetic Model; 5.4 Equipartition Theorem & Temperature; 6 Boltzmann Distribution & the Kinetic Model ; 6.1 Boltzmann Distribution6.2 Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution; 6.3 Maxwell Distribution of Speeds; Part III Thermodynamic Change; 7 First Law & Thermodynamic Change; 7.1 System & Surroundings; 7.2 Thermodynamic Change; 7.3 First Law; 8 Work, Heat, & Reversible Change; 8.1 State Functions & Path Functions; 8.2 Definition of Work; 8.3 Definition of Heat; 8.4 Reversible & Irreversible Change; 8.5 A Gas Expansion Example; 9 Partial Derivative Quantities; 9.1 Internal Energy & Heat Capacity at Constant Volume; 9.2 Enthalpy & Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure ; 9.3 Other Partial Derivative Quantities9.4 Partial Derivatives & Differentials; Part IV Entropy; 10 Entropy & Information Theory; 10.1 Why Does Entropy Seem So Complicated?; 10.2 Entropy as Unknown Molecular Information; 10.3 Amount of Information; 10.4 Application to Thermodynamics; 11 Entropy & Ideal Gas; 11.1 Measuring Our Molecular Ignorance; 11.2 Volume Contribution to Entropy; 11.3 Temperature Contribution to Entropy; 11.4 Combined Entropy Expression; 11.5 Entropy, Heat, & Reversible Adiabatic Expansion; 12 Second Law & Spontaneous Irreversible Change ; 12.1 Heat Engines & Thermodynamic Cycles12.2 Traditional Statements of the Second Law; 12.3 Entropy Statement of the Second Law; 12.4 Information Statement of the Second Law; 12.5 Maximum Entropy & the Clausius Inequality; 13 Third Law, Carnot Cycle, & Absolute Entropy; 13.1 Entropy & Reversible Change; 13.2 Carnot Cycle & Absolute Zero Temperature; 13.3 Third Law & Absolute Entropy; Part V Free Energy; 14 Free Energy & Exergy; 14.1 What Would Happen If Entropy Were a Variable?; 14.2 Helmholtz and Gibbs Free Energies; 14.3 Second Law & Maximum Work; 14.4 Exergy ; 15 Chemical Potential, Fugacity, & Open Systems
• Sommario/riassunto: Thermodynamics is the science that describes the behavior of matter at the macroscopic scale, and how this arises from individual molecules. As such, it is a subject of profound practical and fundamental importance to many science and engineering fields. Despite extremely varied applications ranging from nanomotors to cosmology, the core concepts of thermodynamics such as equilibrium and entropy are the same across all disciplines. A Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics serves as a concise, conceptual and practical supplement to the major thermodynamics textbooks used in various
• Titolo autorizzato: A conceptual guide to thermodynamics
• ISBN: 1-118-84048-8; 1-118-84049-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464744003321
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