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Thermodynamics of Materials: A Classical and Statistical Synthesis
ISBN: 978-0-471-31143-0
Hardcover
384 pages
January 1996
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Partial table of contents:

REVIEW OF CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS.

The Laws of Classical Thermodynamics.

Criteria for Equilibrium.

Useful Mathematical Relations.

General Theory of Phase Stability.

FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS.

Basis of Statistical Thermodynamics.

Evaluation of Probabilities.

Evaluation of the Allowed Energies.

SINGLE-COMPONENT SYSTEMS.

Classical Thermodynamics of One-Component Systems.

The Monatomic Ideal Gas.

The Polyatomic Ideal Gas.

The Einstein Model of the Solid.

The Debye Model of the Solid.

Simple Liquids.

MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS.

Classical Thermodynamics of Multicomponent Systems.

Classical Thermodynamics of Solutions.

Lattice Statistics.

The Lattice Gas with Interactions.

QUANTUM SYSTEMS.

The Perfect Electron Gas.

Blackbody Radiation.

Appendices.

Index.