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1 online resource (344 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Guide for readers and teachers; Chapter 1: The Beginnings; Chapter 2: First Law-The E = Mc2 of Thermodynamics; Chapter 3: The Second and Third Laws; Chapter 4: Carnot Cycles -- The TuringMachines of Thermodynamics; Chapter 5: Specific Heats:Magnificent Bridges; Chapter 6: Structure of ThermodynamicTheories; Chapter 7: Thermodynamic Potentials andMaxwell Relations; Chapter 8: Magnetic Systems; Chapter 9: Dilute Solutions; Chapter 10: Phases and Their Equilibria; Chapter 11: The Clapeyron Equation; Chapter 12: The van der Waals Equation. |
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Chapter 13: The Critical PointChapter 14: Approach to Absolute Zero; Chapter 15: Entropy Constants; Chapter 16: Some Mathematical Aspects of Thermodynamics; References; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
The BeginningsTemperature and ThermometryIdeal Gas LawsHeat and Specific HeatsSadi Carnot and the Motive Power of HeatSteam Engines and the Clapeyron EquationProblemsFirst Law-The E = Mc2 of ThermodynamicsThe Fall of the CaloricThe Path to the First LawThe First Law of ThermodynamicsSome Applications of the First LawProblemsSuggested Reading for This Book in GeneralThe Second and Third LawsPerpetuum MobilesThe Entropy Axiom: The First Part of the Second LawEntropy Axiom and Universality of Carnot CyclesHistorical Formulations of the Second LawSecond Law and IrreversibilityAn Absolute Scale of. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Thermodynamics.
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Thermodynamique. |
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thermodynamics. |
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Thermodynamics |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Dass, N.D. Hari. Principles of Thermodynamics. Hoboken : CRC Press, ©2013 9781466512085 |
| ISBN |
9781466512092 (electronic bk.) |
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1466512091 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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(hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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