Modern Thermodynamics

Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition presents a comprehensive introduction to 20th century thermodynamics that can be applied to both equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, unifying what was traditionally divided into 'thermodynamics' and 'kinetics' into one theory of irreversible processes.

This comprehensive text, suitable for introductory as well as advanced courses on thermodynamics, has been widely used by chemists, physicists, engineers and geologists. Fully revised and expanded, this new edition includes the following updates and features:

• Includes a completely new chapter on Principles of Statistical Thermodynamics.

• Presents new material on solar and wind energy flows and energy flows of interest to engineering.

• Covers new material on self-organization in non-equilibrium systems and the thermodynamics of small systems.

• Highlights a wide range of applications relevant to students across physical sciences and engineering courses.

• Introduces students to computational methods using updated Mathematica codes.

• Includes problem sets to help the reader understand and apply the principles introduced throughout the text.

• Solutions to exercises and supplementary lecture material provided online at http://sites.google.com/site/modernthermodynamics/.

Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking a course in thermodynamics.

Autorentext

Dilip Kondepudi Wake Forest University, USA Ilya Prigogine Formerly Director, International Solvay Institutes, Belgium

Inhalt
Preface to the Second Edition xiii

Preface to the First Edition: Why Thermodynamics? xv

Acknowledgments xxi

Notes for Instructors xxiii

List of Variables xxv

I Historical Roots: From Heat Engines to Cosmology

1 Basic Concepts and the Laws of Gases 3

Introduction 3

1.1 Thermodynamic Systems 4

1.2 Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Systems 6

1.3 Biological and Other Open Systems 8

1.4 Temperature, Heat and Quantitative Laws of Gases 9

1.5 States of Matter and the van der Waals Equation 17

1.6 An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases 24

Appendix 1.1 Partial Derivatives 32

Appendix 1.2 Elementary Concepts in Probability Theory 33

Appendix 1.3 Mathematica Codes 34

References 39

Examples 39

Exercises 41

2 The First Law of Thermodynamics 45

The Idea of Energy Conservation Amidst New Discoveries 45

2.1 The Nature of Heat 46

2.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics: The Conservation of Energy 50

2.3 Elementary Applications of the First Law 57

2.4 Thermochemistry: Conservation of Energy in Chemical Reactions 61

2.5 Extent of Reaction: A State Variable for Chemical Systems 68

2.6 Conservation of Energy in Nuclear Reactions and Some General Remarks 69

2.7 Energy Flows and Organized States 71

Appendix 2.1 Mathematica Codes 79

Appendix 2.2 Energy Flow in the USA for the Year 2013 79

References 82

Examples 82

Exercises 85

3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time 89

3.1 The Birth of the Second Law 89

3.2 The Absolute Scale of Temperature 96

3.3 The Second Law and the Concept of Entropy 99

3.4 Modern Formulation of the Second Law 104

3.5 Examples of Entropy Changes due to Irreversible Processes 112

3.6 Entropy Changes Associated with Phase Transformations 114

3.7 Entropy of an Ideal Gas 115

3.8 Remarks about the Second Law and Irreversible Processes 116

Appendix 3.1 The Hurricane as a Heat Engine 117

Appendix 3.2 Entropy Production in Continuous Systems 120

References 121

Examples 122

Exercises 123

4 Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions 125

4.1 Chemical Potential and Affinity: The Thermodynamic Force for Chemical Reactions 125

4.2 General Properties of Affinity 132

4.3 Entropy Production Due to Diffusion 135

4.4 General Properties of Entropy 136

Appendix 4.1 Thermodynamics Description of Diffusion 138

References 139

Example 139

Exercises 140

II Equilibrium Thermodynamics

5 Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamic Relations 145

Extremum Principles in Nature 145

5.1 Extremum Principles Associated with the Second Law 145

5.2 General Thermodynamic Relations 153

5.3 Gibbs Energy of Formation and Chemical Potential 156

5.4 Maxwell Relations 159

5.5 Extensivity with Respect to N and Partial Molar Quantities 160

5.6 Surface Tension 162

References 165

Examples 165

Exercises 166

6 Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids 169

Introduction 169

6.1 Thermodynamics of Ideal Gases 169

6.2 Thermodynamics of Real Gases 172

6.3 Thermodynamics Quantities for Pure Liquids and Solids 180

Reference 183

Examples 183

Exercises 184

7 Thermodynamics of Phase Change 187

Introduction 187

7.1 Phase Equilibrium and Phase Diagrams 187

7.2 The Gibbs Phase Rule and Duhem's Theorem 192

7.3 Binary and Ternary Systems 194 7.4 Maxwell's Construction and the Lever Ru...