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Physics of Thermal Phenomena

Physics of Thermal Phenomena

Paperback

Physics

ISBN10: 3659517615
ISBN13: 9783659517617
Publisher: Lap Lambert Academic Pub
Published: Jan 24 2014
Pages: 672
Weight: 2.14
Height: 1.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Thermodynamics is a macroscopic science concerned with properties such as pressure, temperature, chemical potential, and volume. Unlike quantum mechanics, thermodynamics is not based on a specific molecular model and therefore it is unexpected by our changing concepts of atoms and molecules. Indeed, the major foundations of thermodynamics were laid long before detailed atomic theories became available. On the negative side, equations derived from laws of thermodynamics do not provide us with a molecular interpretation of complex phenomena. Although thermodynamics helps us predict the direction and extent of chemical reactions, it tells us nothing about the rate of the process which is rather addressed by chemical kinetics. This book introduces the Zeroth, first, Second and Third laws of thermodynamics and discusses some examples of thermochemistry.

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