ABSTRACT

Ideal for one- or two-semester courses that assume elementary knowledge of calculus, This text presents the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics and applies these to problems dealing with properties of materials, phase transformations, chemical reactions, solutions and surfaces. The author utilizes principles of statistical mechanics to illustrat

chapter 1|35 pages

Introduction and Background

chapter 2|35 pages

Thermodynamics: The Zeroth and First Laws

chapter 3|22 pages

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

chapter 4|24 pages

The Third Law and Free Energies

chapter 5|33 pages

Statistical Mechanics

chapter 7|33 pages

Chemical Reactions

chapter 8|33 pages

Ideal Solutions

chapter 9|28 pages

Nonideal Solutions

chapter 10|35 pages

Ionized Systems

chapter 11|35 pages

Surfaces

chapter 12|21 pages

Steady-State Systems