Equilibrium Thermodynamics

ISBN-13: 9780521274562 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 300 str.

C. J Adkins

Opis

This third edition contains new material on fluctuations, solubility gaps and phase diagrams of simple alloy systems, and the fountain effect in liquid helium. Previously published by McGraw-Hill.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The zeroth law; 3. The first law; 4. The second law; 5. Entropy; 6. The Carathéodory formulation of the second law; 7. Thermodynamic potentials; 8. Applications to simple systems; 9. Applications to some irreversible changes; 10. Change of phase; 11. Systems of several components; 12. The third law; Appendix; Useful data; Problems; References; Index.