Description
This fully updated and expanded new edition continues to provide the most readable, concise, and easy-to-follow introduction to thermal physics. While maintaining the style of the original work, the book now covers statistical mechanics and incorporates worked examples systematically throughout the text. It also includes more problems and essential updates, such as discussions on superconductivity, magnetism, Bose-Einstein condensation, and climate change. Anyone needing to acquire an intuitive understanding of thermodynamics from first principles will find this third edition indispensable.
Andrew Rex is professor of physics at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He is author of several textbooks and the popular science book, Commonly Asked Questions in Physics.
Table of Contents
TEMPERATURE
Basic Concepts
Equilibrium State
Equations Of State
Scales Of Temperature
REVERSIBLE PROCESSES AND WORK
Reversible Processes
Work
Other Kinds Of Work
Example Of The Calculation Of Work In A Reversible Process
THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
The Work Of Thompson And Joule
The First Law Of Thermodynamics
Heat Capacity
Kinetic Theory Of Gases
Ideal Gases And The First Law
The Joule-Kelvin Effect
Steady Flow Process—The Turbine
THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
Carnot Cycles
Statements Of The Second Law Of Thermodynamics
Carnot’s Theorem
The Thermodynamic Temperature Scale
Engines And Refrigerators
Summary
ENTROPY
The Clausius Inequality
Entropy
The Principle Of Increasing Entropy
Entropy–Temperature Diagrams
The Thermodynamic Identity
Other Examples Of Entropy Calculations
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
Introduction to probability and statistics
microscopic view of entropy
maxwell-boltzmann statistics
ideal gases
THE THERMODYNAMIC POTENTIALS AND THE MAXWELL RELATIONS
Thermodynamic Potentials
Internal Energy
Enthalpy H
Helmholtz Function F
Gibbs Function G
Availability Function A
The Thermodynamic Square
Example Using A Maxwell Relation
GENERAL THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS
Difference In Heat Capacities, Cp – Cv
Evaluation Of And
Energy Equation
Ratio Of Heat Capacities, Cp/Cv
Revisiting The Entropy Of An Ideal Gas
Joule And Joule-Kelvin Coefficients
MAGNETIC SYSTEMS
Thermodynamics Of Magnetic Materials
Magnetic Cooling
PHASE CHANGES
Pvt Surfaces
Clausius–Clapeyron Equation For First-Order Phase Changes
Variation Of Gibbs Function G In First-Order Transitions
Second-Order Phase Changes
Examples Of Phase Changes Of Different Orders
Superconductivity And Superfluidity
OPEN SYSTEMS AND CHEMICAL POTENTIAL
Chemical Potential
Three Applications Of The Chemical Potential
THE THIRD LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
Statements Of The Third Law
Consequences Of The Third Law
The Unattainability Of Absolute Zero
QUANTUM STATISTICS
Classical And Quantum Statistics
Photons And Thermal Radiation
Application Of Fermi-Dirac Statistics To Electrons In Metals
Bose-Einstein Condensation
