Concise Thermodynamics

This one-semester course text introduces basic principles of thermodynamics and considers a variety of applications in science and engineering. The modern coverage is compact yet self-contained and holistic, with adequate material in a concise and economically-priced book for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates reading for first and higher degrees, and for professionals in research and industry. The mathematical prerequisite is an understanding of partial differentiation.

• Introduces basic principles of thermodynamics and considers a variety of applications in science and engineering
• The modern coverage is compact yet self-contained and holistic, with adequate and concise material

Autorentext

Jeremy Dunning-Davies, University of Hull, UK

Inhalt

1: Introduction

2: The Zeroth Law

• Exercises A 3: The First Law

• Some Applications of the First Law

• Exercises B 4: The Second Law

• Exercises C 5: The Second Law and Non-static Processes.

6: The Third Law.

7: Extension to open and non-equilibrium systems.

8: Thermodynamic cycles.

• Exercises D 9: Negative Temperatures and the Second Law.

10: Phase Transitions

11: Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Stability

12: Concavity of the Entropy and Negative Heat Capacities

13: Black Hole Entropy and an Alternative Model for a Black Hole

14: Energy Sources and the World's Energy Requirements

• Traditional sources of energy.
• Nuclear power.
• Conventional methods for the disposal of radioactive waste.
• An alternative method for disposal of high-level radioactive waste. 15: Concluding Remarks

Appendix

• Partial derivatives
• The Chain Rule
• Homogeneous Functions
• Taylor's Theorem for a Function of Several Variables

• Extreme Values of Functions of Several Variables Answers and Solutions to Exercises

• Exercises A (p.8)
• Exercises B (p. 21)
• Exercises C (p.36)
• Exercises D(p.57) Glossary

List of symbols

References and suggestions for further reading

Index