Modern thermodynamics with statistical mechanics
With the aim of presenting thermodynamics in as simple and as unified a form as possible, this textbook starts with an introduction to the first and second laws and then promptly addresses the complete set of the potentials in a subsequent chapter and as a central theme throughout. Before discussing modern laboratory measurements, the book shows that the fundamental quantities sought in the laboratory are those which are required for determining the potentials. Since the subjects of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics are a seamless whole, statistical mechanics is treated as integral part of the text. Other key topics such as irreversibility, the ideas of Ilya Prigogine, chemical reaction rates, equilibrium of heterogeneous systems, and transition-state theory serve to round out this modern treatment. An additional chapter covers quantum statistical mechanics due to active current research in Bose-Einstein condensation. End-of-chapter exercises, chapter summaries, and an appendix reviewing fundamental prerequisites supply students with helpful reinforcement and practice with key concepts
1 online resource (xiii, 402 pages) : illustrations
9783540854180, 9783540854173, 9783642099090, 3540854185, 3540854177, 3642099092
310352251
Beginnings
Formulation
Mathematical Background
Thermodynamic Potentials
Structure of the Potentials
Laboratory Measurements
The Third Law
Models of Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Statistical Mechanics
Irreversibility
Stability
Equilibrium of Chemical Reactions
Chemical Kinetics
Solutions
Heterogeneous Equilibrium
Appendix