Thermodynamics: Principles Characterizing Physical and Chemical Processes

Thermodynamics is a self-contained analysis of physical and chemical processes, as based on classical thermodynamic theory. Emphasis is placed on fundamental principles and on a systematic exposition of the subject matter, the relation between theory and experiment, and applications to a variety of disciplines. Includes new approaches to irreversible processes, electromagnetic effects, adsorption phenomena, self-assembly, the origin of phase diagrams, electrolytic cells, critical phenomena, and Caratheodory's treatment of the second law. This book will appeal to graduate students and professional chemists and physicists who wish to acquire a more sophisticated overview of thermodynamics and related subject matter. Key Features: Systematic approach to the subject matter appeals to both chemists and physicists, Provides extensive treatments of electromagnetic phenomena, adsorption of gases on surfaces, and generalization of irreversible phenomena, Extensively revised to cater to students of advanced courses in thermodynamics. Book jacket.Honig, J. M. is the author of 'Thermodynamics: Principles Characterizing Physical and Chemical Processes', published 1982 under ISBN 9780444420923 and ISBN 0444420924.