Molecular engineering thermodynamics /
"Building up gradually from first principles, this unique introduction to modern thermodynamics integrates classical, statistical and molecular approaches and is especially designed to support students studying chemical and biochemical engineering. In addition to covering traditional problems i...
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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.