Thermal physics : an introduction to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory

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Thermal physics : an introduction to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory

P.C. Riedi

Oxford University Press, 1988

2nd ed

  • : hdc
  • : pbk.

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Bibliography: p. [312]

Includes index

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内容説明

This introduction to thermal physics aims to combine both the macroscopic and microscopic approaches. To avoid confusion, they are first introduced separately, and then a number of selected topics are examined from both points of view. In this way the strengths and weaknesses of the different methods can be studied and the text will thus give an introduction which can be the basis for further studies of the properties of matter, whether from a thermodynamic or from a statistical point of view.

目次

  • Part 1 Thermodynamics: first law of thermodynamics - Zeroth law and scale of temperature, equation of state, the reversible quasi-static process, work, specific heat or heat capacity, heat engines, conclusions based on the first law
  • second law of thermodynamics - an integrating factor for dQR
  • entropy as a function of state, the calculation of entropy changes in principle, principle of increase of entropy, the entropy of a perfect gas, adiabatic equation for a perfect gas, the Carnot theorems for heat engines, history of thermodynamics, the traditional approach to the second law
  • further concepts of thermodynamics - the fundamental equations, the Maxwell relations, thermodynamic equilibrium, third law of thermodynamics, thermodynamic systems with a variable number of particles
  • further applications of thermodynamics - reduction of measurements to constant volume, the principal specific heats, cooling and liquefaction of gases, phase transitions. Part 2 Equilibrium statistical mechanics: weakly coupled systems - systems of identical particles, two model systems, the general weakly coupled localized system, a gas of weakly coupled particles, conclusion
  • equilibrium statistical mechanics - ensemble averages, the canonical partition function, the connection with thermodynamics, localized systems, classical perfect gas, the equipartition of energy, fluctuations about equilibrium, negative temperature, conclusion, systems with a variable numbers of particles. Part 3 Kinetic theory: kinetic theory of gases I - distribution functions, mean values, Doppler broadening of spectral lines, the passage of molecules across a plane surface, effusion
  • kinetic theory of gasses II - the mean free path, atomic beams, the verification of the Maxwell velocity distribution, transport properties of a perfect gas, the Boltzmann transport equation, conclusion. Part 4 Applications of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics: further applications - quantum gases, black-body radiation, heat capacity of solids, magnetism
  • conclusion - functions of two or more variables, useful mathematics, Lagrange undetermined multipliers, density of single-particle states, systems with a variable number of particules, approximate values of fundamental constants, properties of the elements (required for exercises), properties of gases at NTP.

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