Statistical thermodynamics fundamentals and applications

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 lea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Laurendeau, Normand M., 1944-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects
Whitman College > Memorial bookplates > Class of 1978.
Statistical thermodynamics.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780521846356
9780511139857
9780511140624
9780511139086
9780511138492
9780511815928
9780521154192
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xvi, 448 pages) : illustrations

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Table of 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.

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