Modern Thermodynamics From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures

Name: Modern Thermodynamics From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures
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ISBN: 9780471973942

ISBN-10: 0471973947

ISBN-13: 9780471973942

Edition: 1998

Authors: Dilip Kondepudi, Ilya Prigogine

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A truly modern approach to thermodyanmics, this volume presents it as a science of irreversible processes whilst avoiding dividing the subject into equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. It provides an extensive range of applications.

Book details

List price: $134.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/17/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 508
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Historical Roots: From Heat Engines to Cosmology


The Basic Concepts


The First Law of Thermodynamics


The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time


Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions


Equilibrium Thermodynamics


Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamic Relations


Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids


Phase Change


Solutions


Chemical Transformations


Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom


Thermodynamics of Radiation


Fluctuations and Stability


The Gibbs Stability Theory


Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity


Stability and Fluctuations Based on Entropy Production


Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics


Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations


Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime


Nonequilibrium Stationary States and Their Stability: Linear Regime


Order Through Fluctuations


Nonlinear Thermodynamics


Dissipative Structures


Where Do We Go From Here?


Postface


Standard Thermodynamic Properties


Physical Constants and Data


Index