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Thermodynamics : An
Introduction To
Thermodynamics, The Kinetic Theory of Gases, and Statistical
Mechanics by
Francis Weston Sears, Appleton Professor of Physics and Chairman of
the Department at Dartford College
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The field of thermodynamics is not
only difficult to define in view of many tacit |
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associations but any description
is strongly affected by the viewpoint of the writer. There |
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are found in the current
literature three fairly sharply distinguishable patterns. These |
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correspond to and aim to meet the
needs of the physicist, chemist and engineer. It is |
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doubtful whether a unified
treatment is possible or even desirable. Many texts have been
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written from the engineering
viewpoint and a number from that of chemistry. However |
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treatments devoted specifically to
thermodynamics by physicists have been few, though |
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most of these have been of
excellent caliber. |
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This tradition of quality and
physical rigour in thermodynamics has been admirably |
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maintained by F.W. Sears in this
latest edition. While ostensibly prepared as a basic |
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course for electrical engineers,
this book is suitable for the broadest range of applications |
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It will be found useful not only
to those whose interest is exclusively in physics but also |
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to any who believe that the
thermodynamic training of engineers should be firmly |
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grounded in physics. |
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For the theoretical physicist,
this material is on en elementary level; for the engineer, it |
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presents clearly the basic tools
required for a physical interpretation of thermodynamic |
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phenomena. In general, it
represents a major addition to the literature in the field. |
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Contents |
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Chapter 1 : Thermodynamic Systems - includes temperature and
thermometry, |
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constant volume gas thermometer, International temperature scale |
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Chapter 2 : Equations of State - includes equations of state, p-v-T
surfaces |
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Chapter 3 : Work
- includes partial derivatives, coefficient of expansion and
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compressibility |
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Chapter 4 : The
First Law of Thermodynamics - includes heat capacity,
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relations between partial derivatives |
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Chapter 5 : Some
Consequences of the First Law - includes the energy equation |
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Chapter 6 : Changes of Phase
- includes critical constants of a van der
Waals gas |
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Chapter 7 : The Second Law of
Thermodynamics - includes the Kelvin |
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temperature scale, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, Stefan's Law |
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Chapter 8 :
Entropy - includes the Clausius inequality, entropy changes
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irreversible processes |
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Chapter 9 :
Combined First and Second Laws - includes entropy of an
ideal gas, |
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Helmholtz function and the Gibbs function, the Maxwell equations, |
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the Joule-Kelvin inversion curve, the Gibbs-Helmholtz equation, |
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thermodynamics of magnetism |
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Chapter 10 : Some Engineering
Applications of Thermodynamics - includes
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the Carnot steam cycle, the reciprocating steam engine and the
turbine, |
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the Rankine cycle, the refrigeration cycle, gas refrigeration |
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Chapter 11 : Kinetic
Theory of an Ideal Gas - includes Clausius equation of
state, |
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van der Waals equation of state, state equations of an ideal gas etc |
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Chapter 12 : The
Distribution of Molecular Velocities - includes, error
functions, |
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energy distribution function, molecular beams, Maxwell velocity |
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distribution, classical theory of specific heat capacity |
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Chapter 13 : Transport Phenomena - includes mean free path, free path distribution, |
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coefficient of viscosity, thermal conductivity, diffusion |
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Chapter 14 : The
Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics - includes phase space,
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microstates and macrostates, thermodynamic probability, entropy and |
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probability |
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Chapter 15 : Applications
of the
Boltzmann
Statistics
- includes the monatomic |
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ideal
gas, the barometric equation, the principle of equipartition of
energy, |
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specific heat capacity of a diatomic gas, specific heat capacity of
solids, |
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theory of paramagnetism |
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Chapter 16 : Quantum Statistics
- includes the Mazwell-Boltzmann
statistics and |
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their problems, the Bose-Einstein statistics, photon gas statistics,
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Fermi-Dirac statistics, velocity, speed and energy distribution
functions, |
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specific heat of the electron gas, thermionic emission |
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Chapter 17 : Fluctuations
- includes density fluctuations in a gas,
theory of |
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Brownian motion, Brownian motion of a galvanometer, the
small-shot |
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effect, Johnson noise |
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