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Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics /

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Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics covers: Thermodynamics - basic definitions of thermodynamics, equilibrium, state variables - the first and second laws - phase transitions and chemical reactions - thermodynamic potentials Statistical Mechanics - statistics of microscopic states and connection...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greiner, Walter
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Neise, Ludwig, Stöcker, Horst
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1995.
Series:Classical theoretical physics.
Subjects:
Physics.
Thermodynamics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Thermodynamics: Equilibrium and State Quantities
  • The Laws of Thermodynamics
  • Phase Transitions and Chemical Reactions
  • Thermodynamic Potentials
  • Statistical Mechanics: Number of Microstates Û and Entropy S
  • Ensemble Theory and the Microcanonical Ensemble
  • The Canonical Ensemble
  • Application of Boltzmann Statistics
  • The Macrocanonical Ensemble. Quantum Statistics: Density Operators
  • The Symmetry Character of Many-Particle Wavefunctions
  • Grand Canonical Description of Ideal Quantum Systems
  • The Ideal Bose Gas
  • Ideal Fermi Gas
  • Applications of Relativistic Bose and Fermi Gases
  • Real Gases and Phase Transitions: Real Gases
  • Classification of Phase Transitions
  • The Models of Ising and Heisenberg
  • Index.