A Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics E-Book

Bill Poirier

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 274

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

Thermodynamics is the science that describes the behavior of matter at the macroscopic scale, and how this arises from individual molecules. As such, it is a subject of profound practical and fundamental importance to many science and engineering fields. Despite extremely varied applications ranging from nanomotors to cosmology, the core concepts of thermodynamics such as equilibrium and entropy are the same across all disciplines. 

A Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics serves as a concise, conceptual and practical supplement to the major thermodynamics textbooks used in various fields. Presenting clear explanations of the core concepts,  the book aims to improve fundamental understanding of the material, as well as homework and exam performance. 

Distinctive features include:

• Terminology and Notation Key:  A universal translator that addresses the myriad of conventions, terminologies, and notations found across the major thermodynamics texts.
• Content Maps:  Specific references to each major thermodynamic text by section and page number for each new concept that is introduced.
• Helpful Hints and Don’t Try Its:  Numerous useful tips for solving problems, as well as warnings of common student pitfalls.
• Unique Explanations: Conceptually clear, mathematically fairly simple, yet also sufficiently precise and rigorous. 

A more extensive set of reference materials,  including older and newer editions of the major textbooks, as well as a number of less commonly used titles, is available online at http://www.conceptualthermo.com. 

Undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry, physics, engineering, geosciences and biological sciences will benefit from this book, as will students preparing for graduate school entrance exams and MCATs.

Leseprobe

A Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics

BILL POIRIER

Texas Tech University

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Poirier, Bill, author. A conceptual guide to thermodynamics / Bill Poirier. pages cm Includes index. ISBN 978-1-118-84053-5 (pbk.) 1. Thermodynamics. I. Title. QC311.P757 2014 536′.7--dc23 2014024539

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN: 9781118840535

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Textbook Guide

0.1 List of Thermodynamics Textbooks by Discipline

0.2 Terminology and Notation Used in This Book

0.3 Terminology and Notation Used in Textbooks

Chapter 1: About This Book

1.1 Who Should Use This Book?

1.2 Philosophy of This Book

1.3 Four Core Concepts of Thermodynamics

1.4 How to Use This Book

Part I: Equilibrium

Chapter 2: Philosophy of Thermodynamics

2.1 Thermodynamics

2.2 Scientific Models & Laws

2.3 Statistical Mechanics

Chapter 3: Thermodynamic States, Variables & Quantities

3.1 Thermodynamic Variables & Quantities

3.2 More on Thermodynamic Quantities

3.3 Thermodynamic & Molecular States

Chapter 4: Zeroth Law & Thermodynamic Equilibrium

4.1 Equation of State

4.2 Thermodynamic Equilibrium

4.3 Zeroth Law

4.4 Ideal Gases & Non-ideal Systems

Part II: Energy

Chapter 5: Molecular Energy, Internal Energy, & Temperature

5.1 Energy at the Molecular Scale

5.2 Internal Energy

5.3 Intermolecular Interactions & the Kinetic Model

5.4 Equipartition Theorem & Temperature

Chapter 6: Boltzmann Distribution & the Kinetic Model

6.1 Boltzmann Distribution

6.2 Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution

6.3 Maxwell Distribution of Speeds

Part III: Thermodynamic Change

Chapter 7: First Law & Thermodynamic Change

7.1 System & Surroundings

7.2 Thermodynamic Change

7.3 First Law

Chapter 8: Work, Heat, & Reversible Change

8.1 State Functions & Path Functions

8.2 Definition of Work

8.3 Definition of Heat

8.4 Reversible & Irreversible Change

8.5 A Gas Expansion Example

Chapter 9: Partial Derivative Quantities

9.1 Internal Energy & Heat Capacity at Constant Volume

9.2 Enthalpy & Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure

9.3 Other Partial Derivative Quantities

9.4 Partial Derivatives & Differentials

Part IV: Entropy

Chapter 10: Entropy & Information Theory

10.1 Why Does Entropy Seem So Complicated?

10.2 Entropy as Unknown Molecular Information

10.3 Amount of Information

10.4 Application to Thermodynamics

Chapter 11: Entropy & Ideal Gas

11.1 Measuring Our Molecular Ignorance

11.2 Volume Contribution to Entropy

11.3 Temperature Contribution to Entropy

11.4 Combined Entropy Expression

11.5 Entropy, Heat, & Reversible Adiabatic Expansion

Chapter 12: Second Law & Spontaneous Irreversible Change

12.1 Heat Engines & Thermodynamic Cycles

12.2 Traditional Statements of the Second Law

12.3 Entropy Statement of the Second Law

12.4 Information Statement of the Second Law

12.5 Maximum Entropy & the Clausius Inequality

Chapter 13: Third Law, Carnot Cycle, & Absolute Entropy

13.1 Entropy & Reversible Change

13.2 Carnot Cycle & Absolute Zero Temperature

13.3 Third Law & Absolute Entropy

Part V: Free Energy

Chapter 14: Free Energy & Exergy

14.1 What Would Happen If Entropy Were a Variable?

14.2 Helmholtz and Gibbs Free Energies

14.3 Second Law & Maximum Work

14.4 Exergy

Chapter 15: Chemical Potential, Fugacity, & Open Systems

15.1 What Would Happen If

n

Were a Variable?

15.2 Chemical Potential

15.3 Ideal Gas & Fugacity

Part VI: Applications

Chapter 16: Crazy Gay-Lussac’s Gas Expansion Emporium

16.1 Sales Pitch

16.2 How to Solve Gas Expansion Problems

16.3 Comprehensive Compendium

Chapter 17: Electronic Emporium:

Free Online Shopping!

Part VII: Appendices

Appendix A:

Beards Gone Wild!

Facial Hair & the Founding Fathers of Thermodynamics

Appendix B: Thermodynamics, Abolitionism, & Sha Na Na

References

Appendix C: Thermodynamics & the Science of Steampunk

References

Steampunk Gallery

Travel Try Its

Photo Credits

Film

Index

Wiley End User License Agreement

Guide

Cover

Table of Contents

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