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Mere Thermodynamics.
Title:
Mere Thermodynamics.
Author:
Lemons, Don S.
ISBN:
9780801896811
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1 online resource (222 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Definitions -- 1.1. Thermodynamics -- 1.2. System -- 1.3. Boundary, Environment, and Interactions -- 1.4. States and State Variables -- 1.5. Equations of State -- 1.6. Work -- 1.7. Heat -- Problems -- 2. Equilibrium -- 2.1. Equilibrium -- 2.2. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics -- 2.3. Empirical Temperature -- 2.4. Traditional Temperature Scales -- 2.5. Equilibrium Processes -- Problems -- 3. Heat -- 3.1. Quantifying Heat -- 3.2. Calorimetry -- 3.3. What is Heat? -- Problems -- 4. The First Law -- 4.1. Count Rumford -- 4.2. Joule's Experiments -- 4.3. The First Law of Thermodynamics -- 4.4. Thermodynamic Cycles -- 4.5. Cycle Adjustment -- Problems -- 5. The Second Law -- 5.1. Sadi Carnot -- 5.2. Statements of the Second Law -- 5.3. Equivalence and Inequivalence -- 5.4. Reversible Heat Engines -- 5.5. Refrigerators and Heat Pumps -- Problems -- 6. The First and Second Laws -- 6.1. Rudolph Clausius -- 6.2. Thermodynamic Temperature -- 6.3. Clausius's Theorem -- Problems -- 7. Entropy -- 7.1. The Meaning of Reversibility -- 7.2. Entropy -- 7.3. Entropy Generation in Irreversible Processes -- 7.4. The Entropy Generator -- 7.5. Entropy Corollaries -- 7.6. Thermodynamic Arrow of Time -- Problems -- 8. Fluid Variables -- 8.1. What Is a Fluid? -- 8.2. Reversible Work -- 8.3. Fundamental Constraint -- 8.4. Enthalpy -- 8.5. Helmholtz and Gibbs Free Energies -- 8.6. Partial Derivative Rules -- 8.7. Thermodynamic Coefficients -- 8.8. Heat Capacities -- Problems -- 9. Simple Fluid Systems -- 9.1. The Ideal Gas -- 9.2. Room-Temperature Elastic Solid -- 9.3. Cavity Radiation -- Problems -- 10. Nonfluid Systems -- 10.1. Nonfluid Variables -- 10.2. The Theoretician's Rubber Band -- 10.3. Paramagnetism -- 10.4. Surfaces -- 10.5. Chemical Potential -- 10.6. Multivariate Systems -- Problems -- 11. Equilibrium and Stability.

11.1. Mechanical and Thermal Systems -- 11.2. Principle of Maximum Entropy -- 11.3. Other Stability Criteria -- 11.4. Intrinsic Stability of a Fluid -- Problems -- 12. Two-Phase Systems -- 12.1. Phase Diagrams -- 12.2. Van der Waals Equation of State -- 12.3. Two-Phase Transition -- 12.4. Maxwell Construction -- 12.5. Clausius-Clapeyron Equation -- 12.6. Critical Point -- Problems -- 13. The Third Law -- 13.1. The Principle of Thomsen and Berthelot -- 13.2. Entropy Change -- 13.3. Unattainability -- 13.4. Absolute Entropy -- Problem -- Appendixes -- A: Physical Constants and Standard Definitions -- B: Catalog of 21 Simple Cycles -- C: Glossary of Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- D: Selected Worked Problems -- E: Answers to Problems -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.
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