Statistical thermodynamics : an engineering approach

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Front Matter
Statistical Thermodynamics:
An Engineering Approach
Copyright
Brief Contents
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Comment on Software
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
	1.1 The Role of Thermodynamics
	1.2 The Nature of Matter
	1.3 Energy, Work, Heat Transfer, and the 1st Law
	1.4 Equilibrium
	1.5 Thermodynamic Properties
	1.6 The Fundamental Problem of Thermodynamics
	1.7 Analysis of Non-equilibrium Behavior
	1.8 Summary
	1.9 Problems
2 Fundamentals of Macroscopic Thermodynamics
	2.1 The Postulates of Macroscopic (Classical) Thermodynamics
	2.2 Simple Forms of the Fundamental Relation
	2.3 Equilibrium and the Intensive Properties
	2.4 Representation and the Equations of State
	2.5 The Euler Equation and the Gibbs–Duhem Relation
	2.6 Quasi-static Processes and Thermal and Mechanical Energy Reservoirs
	2.7 Equilibrium in the Energy Representation
	2.8 Alternative Representations – Legendre Transformations
	2.9 Transformations of the Energy
	2.10 Transformations of the Entropy
	2.11 Reversible Work
	2.12 Maxwell’s Relations
	2.13 Building Property Relations
	2.14 Sources for Thermodynamic Properties
	2.15 Summary
	2.16 Problems
3 Microscopic Thermodynamics
	3.1 The Role of Statistics in Thermodynamics
	3.2 The Postulates of Microscopic Thermodynamics
	3.3 The Partition Function and its Alternative Formulations
	3.4 Thermodynamic Properties
	3.5 Fluctuations
	3.6 Systems with Negligible Inter-particle Forces
	3.7 Systems with Non-negligible Inter-particle Forces
	3.8 Summary
	3.9 Problems
4 Quantum Mechanics
	4.1 A Brief History
	4.2 The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
	4.3 Solutions of the Wave Equation
	4.4 Real Atomic Behavior
	4.5 Real Molecular Behavior
	4.6 Molecular Modeling/Computational Chemistry
	4.7 Summary
	4.8 Problems
5 Ideal Gases
	5.1 The Partition Function
	5.2 The Translational Partition Function
	5.3 Monatomic Gases
	5.4 Diatomic Gases
	5.5 Polyatomic Gases
	5.6 Summary
	5.7 Problems
6 Ideal Gas Mixtures
	6.1 Non-reacting Mixtures
	6.2 Reacting Mixtures
	6.3 Summary
	6.4 Problems
7 The Photon and Electron Gases
	7.1 The Photon Gas
	7.2 The Electron Gas
	7.3 Summary
	7.4 Problems
8 Dense Gases
	8.1 Evaluating the Configuration Integral
	8.2 The Virial Equation of State
	8.3 Other Properties
	8.4 Potential Energy Functions
	8.5 Other Equations of State
	8.6 Summary
	8.7 Problems
9 Liquids
	9.1 The Radial Distribution Function and Thermodynamic Properties
	9.2 Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Liquids
	9.3 Determining g(r) from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
	9.4 Molecular Dynamics Software
	9.5 Summary
	9.6 Problems
10 Crystalline Solids
	10.1 Einstein Crystal
	10.2 Debye Crystal
	10.3 Summary
	10.4 Problems
11 Thermodynamic Stability and Phase Change
	11.1 Thermodynamic Stability
	11.2 Phase Change
	11.3 Gibbs Phase Rule
	11.4 Thermodynamic versus Dynamic Stability
	11.5 Summary
	11.6 Problems
12 Kinetic Theory of Gases
	12.1 Transport Phenomena
	12.2 The Boltzmann Equation and the Chapman–Enskog Solution
	12.3 Transport Data Sources
	12.4 Summary
	12.5 Problems
13 Spectroscopy
	13.1 The Absorption and Emission of Radiation
	13.2 Spectral Line Broadening
	13.3 Atomic Transitions
	13.4 Molecular Transitions
	13.5 Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy
	13.6 Laser-Induced Fluorescence
	13.7 Rayleigh and Raman Scattering
	13.8 Summary
	13.9 Problems
14 Chemical Kinetics
	14.1 Reaction Rate
	14.2 Reaction Rate Constant and the Arrhenius Form
	14.3 More on Reaction Rates
	14.4 Reaction Mechanisms
	14.5 Summary
	14.6 Problems
A Physical Constants
B Combinatorial Analysis
C Tables
	C.1 Atomic Electron Configurations
	C.2 Lennard–Jones Parameters
	C.3 Some Properties of Diatomic Molecules
D Multicomponent, Reactive Flow Conservation Equations
	D.1 The Distribution Function and Flow Properties
E Boltzmann’s Equation
	E.1 Collision Integrals
F Bibliography for Thermodynamics
	Classical Thermodynamics
	Introductory Statistical Thermodynamics
	More Advanced Statistical Mechanics and Applications
	Quantum Mechanics
	Atoms and Molecules
	Liquids
	Molecular Dynamics and Computational Chemistry
	Kinetic Theory and Transport Phenomena
	Useful Mathematics References
	Online Resources
	Some Useful Journals
References
Index