Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Title:
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Author:
Seddon, John M.
ISBN:
9781847552181
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Publication Information:
Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2001.
Physical Description:
viii, 159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Series:
Tutorial chemistry texts ; 10
Series Title:
Tutorial chemistry texts ; 10
Contents:
The First Law -- Heat capacity, enthalpy and thermochemistry -- The Second and Third Laws : entropy -- Free energy -- Phase transitions -- Chemical equilibrium -- The statistical definition of entropy -- Connecting microscopic and macroscopic properties -- The partition function -- An ideal gas of atoms -- An ideal gas of diatomic molecules -- Statistical mechanics and equilibrium.
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Electronic Access:
http://ebook.rsc.org/?DOI=10.1039/9781847552181