Molecular engineering thermodynamics /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De Pablo, Juan J. (Author), Schieber, Jay D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The postulates of thermodynamics; 3. Generalized thermodynamic potentials; 4. First applications of thermodynamics; 5. Application to process design: flow systems; 6. Statistical mechanics; 7. Molecular interactions; 8. Fugacity and vapor-liquid equilibrium; 9. Activity, vapor-liquid, and liquid-liquid equilibrium; 10. Reaction equilibrium; 11. Thermodynamics of polymers; 12. Thermodynamics of surfaces; Appendix A. Mathematical background; Appendix B. Fluid equations of state; Appendix C. Microscopic balances for open systems; Bibliography; Index.