Equilibrium Thermodynamics gives a comprehensive but concise course in the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics. Although the subject is essentially classical in nature, illustrative material is drawn widely from modern physics and free use is made of microscopic ideas to illuminate it. The overriding objective in writing the book was to achieve a clear exposition: to give an account of the subject that it both stimulating and easy to learn from. Classical thermodynamics has such wide application that it can be taught in many ways. The terms of reference for Equilibrium Thermodynamics are primarily those of the undergraduate physicist; but it is also suitable for courses in chemistry, engineering, materials science etc. The subject is usually taught in the first or second year of an undergraduate course, but the book takes the student to degree standard (and beyond). Prerequisites are elementary or school-level thermal physics.
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Classical thermo, with clarity & rigor, for physicists,
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This is a beautifully clear into to thermo, treated purely as macroscopic phenomenology. Equilibrium thermodynamics (or thermostatics, as some call it) has manifold applications-in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, engineering, etc. The author is a physicist, and selects his material accordingly. However, he does devote the penultimate chapter , ch.11 ("Systems of Several Components") to some chemistry-type applications including chemical reactions in ideal gases. Prior to Adkins, most thermo books I studied merged thermo with statistical mechanics. Entropy treated the purely macroscopic or "thermo way" appeared to me abstract & unintuitive, and cycles with heat engines seemed an awkward import from engineering. The problems are sometimes challenging, but with sustained effort, I could "crack" most of those I tried. It was only in chap. 11 that I started to find the problems too difficult, and that may well reflect my own lack of prior exposure in this area. (By the way, Adkins derives entropy with heat engines and Carnot cycles, but those who like a less torturous or "gizmo-ridden" route to entropy will be pleased that he also includes Caratheodory's abstract argument.) Bravo to the author for creating this first-rate textbook. I cannot praise it too highly.
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After many arduous sessions with other thermodynamics texts, I finally found a clear and intuitive explanation of the fundamentals in this text. I have been referring to this text as necessary for many years. -- Daniel Matuszak, NovoCatalysis
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The zeroth law of thermodynamics is concerned with the properties of systems in thermal equilibrium, and the concept of temperature follows directly from it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
molar partial potential, principal specific heat capacities, principal heat capacities, cubic expansivity, molar potential, infinitesimal reversible change, thermally isolated system, empirical entropy, composite engine, solubility gap, reversible adiabatic change, gas thermometry, helium range, inversion curve, partial potentials, proper variables, adiabatic demagnetization, equilibrium radiation, working substance, spectral energy density, zeroth law, isothermal change, paramagnetic salt, empirical temperature, thermodynamic temperature New!
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The zeroth law of thermodynamics is concerned with the properties of systems in thermal equilibrium, and the concept of temperature follows directly from it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
molar partial potential, principal specific heat capacities, principal heat capacities, cubic expansivity, molar potential, infinitesimal reversible change, thermally isolated system, empirical entropy, composite engine, solubility gap, reversible adiabatic change, gas thermometry, helium range, inversion curve, partial potentials, proper variables, adiabatic demagnetization, equilibrium radiation, working substance, spectral energy density, zeroth law, isothermal change, paramagnetic salt, empirical temperature, thermodynamic temperature New!
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- Molecular Driving Forces: Statistical Thermodynamics in Chemistry & Biology by Ken A. Dill on page 128, and page 152
- Thermal Physics, Second Edition (Physics and Its Applications) by C.B.P. Finn on page 119, and Back Matter
- Thermal Physics by Michael Sprackling in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A First Course in Fluid Dynamics by A. R. Paterson on page 126, and Back Matter
- Entropy, Large Deviations, and Statistical Mechanics (Classics in Mathematics) by Richard Ellis in Back Matter
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