Equilibrium Thermodynamics [electronic resource] by Mário J. de Oliveira.

This textbook provides an exposition of equilibrium thermodynamics and its applications to several areas of physics with particular attention to phase transitions and critical phenomena. The applications include several areas of condensed matter physics and include also a chapter on thermochemistry....

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Graduate Texts in Physics, 1868-4521
Main Author: de Oliveira, Mário J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Graduate Texts in Physics,
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Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Joule Principle
  • Carnot Principle
  • Clausius-Gibbs Principle
  • Thermodynamic Potentials
  • Thermodynamic Identities
  • Nernst-Planck Principle
  • Phase Transition
  • Criticality
  • Mixtures
  • Binary Mixtures
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Order-Disorder Transition
  • Magnetic Systems
  • Magnetic Ordering
  • Dielectrics
  • Solids
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Thermochemistry.