Twenty Lectures on Thermodynamics
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Twenty Lectures on Thermodynamics

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Twenty Lectures on Thermodynamics

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Twenty Lectures on Thermodynamics is a course of lectures, parts of which the author has given various times over the last few years. The book gives the readers a bird's eye view of phenomenological and statistical thermodynamics. The book covers many areas in thermodynamics such as states and transition; adiabatic isolation; irreversibility; the first, second, third and Zeroth laws of thermodynamics; entropy and entropy law; the idea of the application of thermodynamics; pseudo-states; the quantum-static al canonical and grand canonical ensembles; and semi-classical gaseous systems. The text is recommended for physics students who are in need of a basic yet effective knowledge in the foundations of thermodynamics, as the book explains its many concepts in such an elementary and pedagogic manner, giving the readers a greater understanding of the core of the subject.

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Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
ISBN
9781483150444
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Thermodynamics

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Twenty Lectureson Thermodynamics
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. LECTURE 1. Preliminary Remarks
  7. LECTURE 2. Thermodynamic Systems
  8. LECTURE 3. States and Transitions. Adiabatic Isolation.Irreversibility
  9. LECTURE 4. The Second Law, Entropy and The Entropy Principle
  10. LECTURE 5. The First Law, Energy and Heat
  11. LECTURE 6. The Zeroth Law
  12. LECTURE 7. Entropy Revisited: Metrical Entropyand Absolute Temperature
  13. LECTURE 8. Constitutive Coordinates. Characteristic Functions
  14. LECTURE 9. The Sign of T. The Third Law
  15. LECTURE 10. Pseudo-states. Equilibrium Conditions. The Phase Rule
  16. LECTURE 11. The Idea of 'Applications of Thermodynamics'
  17. LECTURE 12. Pseudo-states Revisited: PhenomenologicalTheory of Fluctuations. Ensembles
  18. LECTURE 13. Microscopic Structure and Statistical Thermodynamics
  19. LECTURE 14. The Canonical Ensemble
  20. LECTURE 15. The Grand Canonical Ensemble. The Constant a.The Constant-Pressure Ensemble
  21. LECTURE 16. The Entropy Principle. Implications of the Third Law
  22. LECTURE 17. The Quantum-Statistical Canonicaland Grand Canonical Ensembles
  23. LECTURE 18. Semi-Classical Gaseous Systems
  24. LECTURE 19. Ideal Fermion and Boson Gases
  25. LECTURE 20. Historical Remarks. Negative Absolute Temperatures
  26. NOTES
  27. SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS
  28. LIST OF PRINCIPAL SYMBOLS
  29. INDEX