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Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics, Third Edition
Authors:   F. W. Sears, G. L. Salinger

ISBN: 978-81-85015-71-2 
Publication Year:   Reprint 2013
Pages:   466
Binding:   Paper Back


About the book

This major text gives the advanced undergraduate student having some familiarity with physics and calculus, a fairly rigorous treatment of thermodynamics, but with physical insight, and provides an introduction to statistical mechanics and kinetic theory.


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Table of content

Fundamental Concepts / Equations of State / The First Law of Thermodynamics / Some Consequences of the First Law / Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics / Combined / First and Second Laws / Thermodynamic Potentials / Applications of Thermodynamics to Simple Systems / Kinetic Theory / Intermolecular Forces. Transport Phenomena / Statistical Thermodynamics / Applications of Statistics to Gases / Applications of Quantum Statistics to Other Systems / Appendix / Answers to Problems / Index.




Audience
Postgraduate students