Energy and entropy equilibrium to stationary states
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[Electronic]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Michael E. Starzak
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York
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: Springer
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiii, 314 p.
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: , ill. , 25 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The first law of thermodynamics -- First law formalism -- First law of thermodynamics : applications -- Entropy and the second law : thermodynamics viewpoint -- The nature of entropy -- Free energy -- Thermodynamic equations of state -- Chemical potentials in solution -- Phase equilibria and colligative properties -- The foundations of statistical thermodynamics -- Applied Boltzmann statistics -- Multi-state systems -- Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions -- Interactions -- Statistical thermodynamics in chemical kinetics -- Irreversible thermodynamics and transport -- Stationary state thermodynamics.