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Statistical Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium Processes /

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This book provides an introduction to the modern statistical theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, based on a synthesis of the statistical thermodynamics of Onsager and the kinetic molecular theory of Boltzmann. Topics featured in the initial chapters include an introduction to stochastic process...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keizer, Joel
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1987.
Subjects:
Chemistry.
Physical organic chemistry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ensembles and Stochastic Processes
  • Irreversible Processes: The Onsager and Boltzmann Pictures
  • Elementary Processes and Fluctuations
  • Mechanistic Statistical Theory of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
  • Thermodynamic-Level Description of Chemical, Electrochemical, and Ion Transport Mechanisms
  • The Hydrodynamic Level of Description
  • Nonequilibrium Steady States
  • Thermodynamics and the Stability of Steady States
  • Hierarchies and Contractions of the Description
  • Nonstationary Processes: Transients, Limit Cycles, and Chaotic Trajectories
  • Index.