Modern thermodynamics : from heat engines to dissipative structures /
Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition presents a comprehensive introduction to 20th century thermodynamics that can be applied to both equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, unifying what was traditionally divided into thermodynamics and kinetics into o...
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley & Sons,
c2015.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- I Historical roots: from heat engines to cosmology
- 1. Basic Concepts and the Laws of Gases
- 2. The First Law of Thermodynamics
- 3. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time
- 4. Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions
- II Equilibrium Thermodynamics
- 5. Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamic Relations
- 6. Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids
- 7. Thermodynamics of Phase Change
- 8. Thermodynamics of Solutions
- 9. Thermodynamics of Chemical Transformations
- 10 Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom
- 11. Thermodynamics of Radiation
- III Fluctuations And Stability
- 12. The Gibbs Stability Theory
- 13. Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity
- 14. Entropy Production, Fluctuations and Small Systems
- IV Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
- 15. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations
- 16. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime
- 17. Nonequilibrium Stationary States and Their Stability: Linear Regime
- V Order Through Fluctuations
- 18. Nonlinear Thermodynamics
- 19. Dissipative Structures
- 20. Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics
- 21. Self-Organization and Dissipative Structures in Nature.
