An edition of Thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics
(1959)
Thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics
by John Geldart Aston
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Lack of understanding of the First law is often responsible for difficulty using the Second Law. If the concept of thermodynamic temperature s properly understood, the full meaning of the Second law is easy to grasp intuitively as that of the first, if not easier.
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Thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics
1959, Wiley, Chapman & Hall
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0471035319 9780471035312
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Table of Contents
1. The scope of thermodynamics, chemical thermodynamics, and statistical thermodynamics
2. Physical units, accepted constants and empirical temperatures
3. Historical background of the first and second laws of thermodynamics
4. Equations of state
5. The first law of thermodynamics and its formal applications
6. Formal treatment of the second law of thermodynamics
7. Equilibria between two or more phases of a pure substance
8. Partial molal quantities
9. Generalized thermodynamics (the method of J. Willard Gibbs, part I.)
10. Imperfect gasses. Fugacity and entropy diagrams
11. Solutions. The activity of non-electrolytes
12. Systematic calculation of heat content (enthalpy), free energy, and entropy changes in chemical reactions. The equilibrium constant. Use of tables. The third law of thermodynamics
13. Solutions of electrolytes
14. Electromotive force of cells
15. Thermodynamics involving variables other than pressure, temperature, and composition
16. Energy levels of particles, atoms, and molecules. Atomic and molecular spectra
17. Introduction to statistical mechanics. The distribution laws.
18. Thermodynamic functions for systems of localized elements and "dilute" gases
19. Calculation of the thermodynamic properties of diatomic gases
20. Calculations of the partition functions and thermodynamic properties of polyatomic gases
21. calculation of the thermodynamic properties of crystals
22. Calculations of the magnetic contribution to thermodynamic properties
23. The general principles of statistical mechanics (Methods of J. Willard Gibbs, II)
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