NO. DE PÁGINAS: 240

CONTENIDO:

• Thermodynamics: A Survey Chapter
• Basic Concepts of Thermodynamics
• The Equations of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
• The Mathematical Tools of Thermodynamics
• Derivatives of Functions of Several Variables
• Pfaffian Forms and Total Differentials
• The Relationships Between Derivatives
• The Legendre Transformation
• The Discontinuities of Thermodynamic Functions
• Jacobians
• Characteristic Functions and Their Properties
• The Basic Characteristic Functions
• The Chemical Potential
• The Massieu-Planck Functions
• The Grand Potential and the Kramers Function
• Other Characteristic Functions
• The Maxwell Equations
• Simple Systems
• ComplexSystems
• Systems with Variable Amounts of Substance
• Simple Thermodynamic Systems
• Partial Derivatives of Thermodynamic Potentials
• The Gibbs-Helmholtz Equations
• Equations for Heat Capacities
• Equations for Entropy
• Other Important Partial Derivatives of Thermodynamic Functions
• The Differential Equation of an Isentrope. The Laplace Equation
• Basic Thermodynamic Equations for Flow Processes
• The Discontinuities 01 Thermodynamic Quantities on Boundary Curves
• Crossing Boundary Curves: Salient Points and Discontinuities
• Thermodynamic Functions
• Discontinuity Equations for Thermodynamic Functions en Boundary Curves
• Phase Transitions
• A General Survey
• The Clausius-Clapeyron Equation and Its Analogs