Thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics and kinetics /

Engel, Thomas

Thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics and kinetics / Thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics & kinetics / by Thomas Engel and Philip Reid - New Delhi: Pearson Education Private Limited, 2013, 2009c. - xv, 602 p. : ill. chiefly col. ; 29 cm.

Index included

1. Fundamental concepts of thermodynamics -- 2. Heat, work, internal energy, enthalpy and the first law of thermodynamics -- 3. The importance of state functions: internal energy and enthalpy -- 4. Thermochemistry -- 5. Entropy and the second and third laws of thermodynamics -- 6. Chemical equilibrium -- 7. The properties of real gases -- 8. Phase diagrams and the relative stability of solids, liquids, and gases -- 9. Ideal and real solutions -- 10. Electrolyte solutions -- 11. Electrochemical cells, batteries, and fuel cells -- 12. Probability -- 13. The Boltzmann distribution -- 14. Ensemble and molecular partition functions -- 15. Statistical thermodynamics -- 16. Kinetic theory of gases -- 17. Transport phenomena -- 18. Elementary chemical kinetics -- 19. Complex reaction mechanisms -- App. A. Data tables -- App. B. Math supplement -- App. C. Answers to selected end-of-chapter problems.

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