Statistical thermodynamics fundamentals and applications
Title:
Statistical thermodynamics fundamentals and applications
Author:
Laurendeau, Normand M., 1944-
ISBN:
9780521846356
9780511139857
9780511140624
9780511139086
9780511138492
9780511815928
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Publication Information:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 448 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Probability and statistics -- The statistics of independent particles -- Thermodynamic properties in the dilute limit -- Basics of quantum mechanics -- Quantum analysis of internal energy modes -- The spectroscopy of diatomic molecules -- Interlude: from particle to assembly -- Thermodynamic properties of the ideal gas -- Statistical thermodynamics for ideal gas mixtures -- Concentration and temperature measurements -- Thermodynamics and information -- Elements of the solid state -- Equilibrium radiation -- Elementary kinetic theory -- Kinetics of molecular transport -- Chemical kinetics -- The canonical and grand canonical ensembles -- Applications of ensemble theory to real gases -- Whence and whither.
Abstract:
Statistical Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications discusses the fundamentals and applications of statistical thermodynamics for beginning graduate students. This book features a step-by-step development of the subject with each chapter carefully written to address student difficulties in learning this challenging subject. Both example and prompted homework problems are included.
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