Title Thermodynamics / by Enrico Fermi

Published New York : Dover Publications, 1956

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Description 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations Series Dover books on physics Dover Books on Physics Ser Contents Preface -- Introduction -- I. Thermodynamic systems -- The State of a system and its transformations -- Ideal or perfect gases -- II. The First law of thermodynamics -- The Statement of the first law of thermodynamics -- The Application of the first law to systems whose states can be represented on a (V, p) diagram -- The Application of the first law to gases -- Adiabatic transformations of a gas -- III. The Second law of thermodynamics -- The Statement of the second law of thermodynamics -- The Carnot cycle -- The Absolute thermodynamic temperature -- Thermal engines -- IV. The Entropy -- Some properties of cycles -- The Entropy -- Some further properties of the entropy -- The Entropy of a system whose states can be represented on a (V, p) diagram -- The Clapeyron equation -- The Van der Waals equation -- V. Thermodynamic potentials -- The Free energy -- The Thermodynamic potential at constant pressure -- The Phase rule -- Thermodynamics of the reversible electric cell -- VI. Gaseous reactions -- Chemical equilibria in gases -- The Van't Hoff reaction box -- Another proof of the equation of gaseous equilibria -- Discussion of gaseous equilibria ; the principle of Le Chatelier -- VII. The Thermodynamics of dilute solutions -- Dilute solutions -- Osmotic pressure -- Chemical equilibria in solutions -- The Distribution of a solute between two phases -- The Vapor pressure, the boiling point, and the freezing point of a solution -- VIII. The Entropy constant -- The Nernst theorem -- Nernst's theorem applied to solids -- The Entropy constant of gases -- Thermal ionization of a gas; thermionic effect -- Index Summary In this classic of modern science, the Nobel Laureate presents a clear treatment of systems, the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, entropy, thermodynamic potentials, and much more. Calculus required Notes Includes index "An unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published by Prentice-Hall Company in 1937"--Title page verso Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Subject Thermodynamics. thermodynamics. SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Thermodynamics. Thermodynamics Thermodynamik Form Electronic book ISBN 9780486134857 0486134857 9781621985815 1621985814 048660361X 9780486603612

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