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Author Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946.

Title Thermodynamics / Gilbert Newton Lewis [and] Merle Randall. Rev. by Kenneth S. Pitzer [and] Leo Brewer
Edition Second edition
Published New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961

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Description xii, 723 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series McGraw-Hill series in advanced chemistry
McGraw-Hill series in advanced chemistry.
Contents The scope of thermodynamics -- Definitions: the concept of equilibrium -- Conventions and mathematical methods -- The first law of thermodynamics and the concept of energy -- Application of the first law to a pure homogeneous substance -- Heat capacities of pure substances and heats of reaction -- The second law of thermodynamics and the concept of entropy -- Entropy and probability -- Heat engines, heat pumps, cycles, and flow processes -- The relationship of entropy to other state functions -- The numerical calculation of entropy -- The third law of thermodynamics -- The free energy -- The chemical potential and escaping tendency; equilibrium between two or more pure phases; the fugacity -- Standard free-energy functions and equilibrium calculations -- Real gases -- Solutions -- The ideal solution -- The laws of the dilute solution -- The useful functions, activity, activity coefficient, and equilibrium constant -- Nonelectrolyte solutions -- Electrolyte solutions -- Theories of electrolyte solutions -- Galvanic cells and electrode potentials -- Thermal properties of solutions -- Activity coefficients from solid-liquid equilibria -- Thermodynamic properties of ideal gases calculated form spectroscopic and other molecular data -- Irreversible processes near equilibrium; nonisothermal systems; steady states -- Surface effects -- Systems involving gravitational or centrifugal fields -- Systems involving electric or magnetic fields -- Estimation of entropies and other thermodynamic quantities -- Vaporization processes -- Multicomponent systems -- Hydrogen and helium at low temperatures
Notes First published in 1923 under title: Thermodynamics and the free energy of chemical substances
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Also issued online
Subject Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
Thermodynamics.
Chemistry, Physical.
Thermodynamics.
Author Randall, Merle, 1888-1950.
LC no. 60010604
ISBN 0070376220
Other Titles Thermodynamics and the free energy of chemical substances