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| Preface | |
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| Scope of Thermodynamics | |
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| The verdict on thermodynamics | |
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| The need for a macroscopic description | |
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| Ideal gas: A macroscopic description | |
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| Measurement of temperature | |
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| Ideal gas: A microscopic description | |
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| What will thermodynamics do for you? | |
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| What does thermodynamics not do for you? | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Structure of Thermodynamics | |
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| Large systems | |
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| Macroscopic variables | |
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| Equilibrium: A question of time and history | |
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| The fundamental relation: Entropy | |
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| Measurement and walls | |
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| Walls | |
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| Energy measurement | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Laws of Thermodynamics | |
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| Zeroth law: The fundamental relation | |
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| First law: Energy conservation | |
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| Second law: Entropy always rises | |
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| Examples of the second law in physical systems | |
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| Understanding the second law | |
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| Consequences of the first and second laws | |
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| Third law or Nernst's theorem: Zero temperature cannot be attained | |
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| Problems | |
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| Intensive Variables | |
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| Pressure | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Chemical potentials | |
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| Intensive variables in the entropy representation | |
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| More on the physical significance of intensive variables | |
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| Euler equation and Gibbs-Duhem relation | |
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| Problems | |
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| Simple Systems | |
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| Second derivatives: expansion coefficient, compressibility, heat capacity, and more | |
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| Mixture of ideal gases | |
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| Gas reactions | |
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| Blackbody radiation | |
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| Polymers | |
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| Thermodynamics of adsorbates | |
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| Magnetic systems | |
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| Diamagnetism | |
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| Paramagnetism | |
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| Ferromagnetism | |
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| Fundamental relation for magnetic systems | |
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| Problems | |
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| Thermodynamic Potentials | |
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| Introducing internal constraints via reservoirs | |
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| Helmholtz free energy | |
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| Enthalpy | |
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| Joule-Thomson "throttling" process | |
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| Gas liquefaction | |
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| Gibbs free energy | |
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| Vapor pressure of small droplets | |
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| Osmosis | |
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| Problems | |
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| Maxwell Relations | |
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| Maxwell relations | |
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| Reduction of derivatives | |
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| Applications | |
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| Adiabatic compression | |
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| Isothermal compression | |
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| Free expansion | |
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| Joule-Thomson throttling process | |
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| Heating a room | |
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| Problems | |
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| Engines, Hurricanes, and Athletes | |
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| The Carnot cycle | |
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| Maximum work theorem | |
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| Engine efficiency | |
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| Gasoline engine: the Otto cycle | |
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| Diesel engine | |
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| Otto versus Diesel | |
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| Refrigerator | |
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| Heat pump | |
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| Cyclones | |
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| The greenhouse effect | |
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| A Carnot engine | |
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| Athletes: the human engine | |
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| Thermodynamics in economics | |
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| Problems | |
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| Stability of Thermodynamic Systems | |
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| Macroscopic motion | |
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| Thermodynamic inequalities | |
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| Fluctuations and the principle of Le Chatelier and Braun | |
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| Phase Transitions | |
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| Latent heat | |
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| Clausius-Clapeyron equation | |
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| Van der Waals gas | |
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| Metastability: supersaturated water and overheated liquid | |
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| The critical point | |
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| The law of corresponding states and universality | |
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| Landau theory of phase transitions | |
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| No phase transitions in one-dimensional systems (almost) | |
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| Problems | |
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| Summary of Useful Results and Final Remarks | |
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| Thermodynamic potentials | |
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| Entropy S(U,V,N) | |
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| Internal energy and others | |
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| Ideal gas | |
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| Van der Waals gas | |
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| Polymers | |
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| Joule-Thomson throttling | |
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| Engines | |
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| Phase transitions | |
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| Final remarks: beyond equilibrium thermodynamics | |
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| Partial Derivatives and Differential Forms | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
