Basic Thermodynamics

TOC......Page 7
1.1 - What is thermodynamics?......Page 11
1.2 - The laws of thermodynamics......Page 12
Untitled......Page 13
Part 1 - Basic Concepts: The Ideal Gas......Page 15
2.1 - The ideal gas law......Page 17
2.2 - Kinetic theory of an ideal gas I......Page 24
2.3 - Kinetic theory of an ideal gas II......Page 26
3.1 - States and processes......Page 31
3.2 - Quasistatic work......Page 32
3.3 - Heat-only processes......Page 37
3.4 - Adiabatic processes......Page 39
3.5 - The first law......Page 41
3.6 - Analysis of processes......Page 49
4.1 Introduction to the entropy function......Page 60
4.2 - Entropy creation......Page 71
4.3 - The ideal gas Carnot engine......Page 74
Part 2 - The Classical Laws......Page 83
5.2 - Systems, states, and variables......Page 85
5.3 - Zeroth law and thermal equilibrium......Page 87
5.4 - First law: energy......Page 91
5.5 - First law processes in fluids......Page 92
5.6 - Steady flow process: the enthalpy......Page 100
5.7 - Use of the enthalpy function for water......Page 103
5.8 - Potential and kinetic energy in steady fluid flow......Page 107
6.1 - The role of the second law......Page 112
6.2 - Irreversibility and the second law......Page 113
6.3 - Non-quasistatic processes are irreversible......Page 114
6.4 - The Carnot theorem......Page 117
6.5 - Thermodynamic temperature......Page 120
6.6 - The inequality of Clausius......Page 125
6.7 - The entropy function......Page 129
6.8 - Entropy and irreversibility......Page 135
7.1 - Reversible process theorems......Page 140
7.2 - The availability function......Page 145
7.3 - Work processes in fluids......Page 154
7.4 - Wires and surfaces......Page 167
8.1 - Dielectric media in an electric field......Page 170
8.2 - Magnetic work......Page 183
Part 3 - Gibbsian Thermodynamics......Page 195
9.2 - The fundamental relations......Page 197
9.3 - Application of the fundamental relation......Page 201
9.4 - Maximum entropy principle......Page 209
9.5 - Formal relations......Page 213
9.6 - The conditions for equilibrium......Page 221
9.7 - The minimum energy principle......Page 223
10.2 - The Helmholtz free energy......Page 231
10.3 - Properties of the potentials......Page 244
10.4 - Derivative relations......Page 255
Part 4 - Applications......Page 265
11.1 - Finding the fundamental relation......Page 267
11.2 - Equations of state for fluids......Page 270
11.3 - The Gruneisen constant......Page 276
11.4 - High-pressure processes......Page 279
11.5 - Simple processes in rubber......Page 285
11.6 - Magnetic systems......Page 290
12.1 - Phase changes......Page 301
12.2 - Stability of phases......Page 310
12.3 - General stability criteria......Page 315
12.4 - Illustrative phase change phenomena......Page 322
12.5 - Critical phenomena......Page 334
12.6 - Chemical reactions......Page 342
Appendix A......Page 354
Appendix B......Page 355
Appendix C......Page 370
Appendix D......Page 375
Answers to Questions......Page 381
Index......Page 389