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Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics : an integrated approach / Robert J. Hardy and Christian Binek, Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
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Hardy, Robert J., 1935-
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Language
English
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Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014.
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xiv, 518 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Harold P. Furth Plasma Physics Library - Stacks
QC311 .H3273 2014
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Thermodynamics
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Binek, Christian
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This textbook brings together the fundamentals of the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of thermal physics by presenting thermodynamics and statistical mechanics as complementary theories based on small numbers of postulates. The book is designed to give the instructor flexibility in structuring courses for advanced undergraduates and/or beginning graduate students and is written on the principle that a good text should also be a good reference. The presentation of thermodynamics follows the logic of Clausius and Kelvin while relating the concepts involved to familiar phenomena and the modern student's knowledge of the atomic nature of matter. Another unique aspect of the book is the treatment of the mathematics involved. The essential mathematical concepts are briefly reviewed before using them, and the similarity of the mathematics to that employed in other fields of physics is emphasized. The text gives in depth treatments of low density gases, harmonic solids, magnetic and dielectric materials, phase transitions, and the concept of entropy. The microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles of statistical mechanics are derived and used as the starting point for the analysis of fluctuations, blackbody radiation, the Maxwell distribution, Fermi-Dirac statistics, Bose-Einstein condensation, and the statistical basis of computer simulations.
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Includes index.
Contents
First law of thermodynamics
Properties and partial derivatives
Processes in gases
Phase transitions
Reversible and irreversible processes
The second law and carnot cycles
Temperature scales and absolute zero
State space and differentials
Entropy
Consequences of existence of entropy
Thermodynamic potentials
Phase transitions and open systems
Dielectric and magnetic systems
Molecular models
Kinetic theory of gases
Microscopic significance of entropy
Ensembles
Partition function
Quantum systems
Independent particles and paramagnetism
Fluctuations and energy distributions
Generalizations and diatomic gasesi
Photons and phonons
Grand canonical ensemble
Fermions and bosons
Fermi and bose gases
Inter-particle interactions
Computer simulations.
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ISBN
9781118501016 ((cloth))
1118501012 ((cloth))
9781118501009 ((pbk.))
1118501004 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2013039738
OCLC
878664233
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